Author(s): Henry Home, Lord Kames
Publisher: Liberty Fund
Year: 2005
Language: English
Commentary: More best quality: added original cover.
Lord Kames, Essays on the Principles of Morality and Natural Religion (1779, 2005).
Front Matter
Title Page
Contents, p. vii
Introduction, p. ix
Title Page
Preface to the Former Editions, p. 3
Preface to the Present Edition, p. 5
Contents, p. 7
Part I
Essay I. Our Attachment to Objects of Distress, p. 11
Essay II. Foundation and Principles of Morality, p. 23
Introduction, p. 23
Chap. I. Foundation of Morality, p. 24
Chap. II. Moral Sense, p. 26
Chap. III. Duty and Obligation, p. 30
Chap. IV. Different Ranks of Moral Virtues, p. 37
Chap. V. Principles of Action, p. 40
Chap. VI. Justice and Injustice, p. 46
Chap. VII. Primary Laws of Nature, p. 55
Chap. VIII. Law of Nations, p. 61
Chap. IX. Various Opinions concerning the Foundation of Morality, p. 66
Essay III. Liberty and Necessity, p. 97
Essay IV. Personal Identity, p. 125
Appendix. Containing the substance of a pamphlet wrote in defence of the third Essay, p. 131
Part II
Essay I. Belief, p. 143
Essay II. External Senses, p. 149
Sect. I. Perceptions of External Sense, p. 149
Sect. II. Substance and Quality, p. 150
Sect. III. Primary and Secondary Qualities, p. 154
Sect. IV. Veracity of the External Senses, p. 157
Essay III. Different Theories of Vision, p. 165
Essay IV. Matter and Spirit, p. 179
Essay V. Power, Cause and Effect, p. 185
Essay VI. Knowledge of Future Events, p. 193
Essay VII. Dread of Supernatural Powers in the Dark, p. 197
Essay VIII. Knowledge of the Deity, p. 201
Unity of the Deity, p. 217
Power and Intelligence of the Deity, p. 218
Benevolence of the Deity, p. 218
Recapitulation, p. 229
Appendix: Significant Variant Readings, p. 237
Bibliograqphy
Works Cited or Alluded to by Kames, p. 265
Secondary Literature, p. 267
Index, p. 269
Colophon
