An Essay on the History of Civil Society

An Essay on the History of Civil Society

Adam Ferguson, scottish philosopher and historian of the Scottish Enlightenment (1723-1816)


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Table of Contents

-01- About this book

-02- PART FIRST. OF THE GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS OF HUMAN NATURE

-03- SECTION I. OF THE QUESTION RELATING TO THE STATE OF NATURE

-04- SECTION II. OF THE PRINCIPLES OF SELF PRESERVATION

-05- SECTION III. OF THE PRINCIPLES OF UNION AMONG MANKIND

-06- SECTION IV. OF THE PRINCIPLES OF WAR AND DISSENTION

-07- SECTION V. F INTELLECTUAL POWERS

-08- SECTION VI. OF MORAL SENTIMENT

-09- SECTION VII. OF HAPPINESS

-10- SECTION VIII. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED

-11- SECTION IX. OF NATIONAL FELICITY

-12- SECTION X. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED

-13- PART SECOND. OF THE HISTORY OF RUDE NATIONS

-14- SECTION I. OF THE INFORMATIONS ON THIS SUBJECT WHICH ARE DERIVED FROM ANTIQUITY

-15- SECTION II. OF RUDE NATIONS PRIOR TO THE ESTABLISHMENT OF PROPERTY

-16- SECTION III. OF RUDE NATIONS UNDER THE IMPRESSIONS OF PROPERTY AND INTEREST

-17- PART THIRD. OF THE HISTORY OF POLICY AND ARTS

-18- SECTION I. OF THE INFLUENCES OF CLIMATE AND SITUATION

-19- SECTION II. THE HISTORY OF POLITICAL ESTABLISHMENTS

-20- SECTION III. OF NATIONAL OBJECTS IN GENERAL

-21- SECTION IV. OF POPULATION AND WEALTH

-22- SECTION V. OF NATIONAL DEFENCE AND CONQUEST

-23- SECTION VI. OF CIVIL LIBERTY

-24- SECTION VII. OF THE HISTORY OF ARTS

-25- SECTION VIII. OF THE HISTORY OF LITERATURE

-26- PART FOURTH. OF CONSEQUENCES THAT RESULT FROM THE ADVANCEMENT OF CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL ARTS

-27- SECTION I. OF THE SEPARATION OF ARTS AND PROFESSIONS

-28- SECTION II. OF THE SUBORDINATION CONSEQUENT TO THE SEPARATION OF ARTS AND PROFESSIONS

-29- SECTION III. OF THE MANNERS OF POLISHED AND COMMERCIAL NATIONS

-30- SECTION IV. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED

-31- PART FIFTH. OF THE DECLINE OF NATIONS

-32- SECTION I. OF SUPPOSED NATIONAL EMINENCE

-33- SECTION II. OF THE TEMPORARY EFFORTS AND RELAXATIONS OF THE NATIONAL SPIRIT

-34- SECTION III. OF RELAXATIONS IN THE NATIONAL SPIRIT INCIDENT TO POLISHED NATIONS

-35- SECTION IV. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED

-36- SECTION V. OF NATIONAL WASTE

-37- PART SIXTH. OF CORRUPTION AND POLITICAL SLAVERY

-38- SECTION I. OF CORRUPTION IN GENERAL

-39- SECTION III. OF THE CORRUPTION INCIDENT TO POLISHED NATIONS

-40- SECTION IV. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED

-41- SECTION V. OF CORRUPTION AS IT TENDS TO POLITICAL SLAVERY