Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries / Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author
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Chapters (39)
- THOUGHTS ON MAN
- HIS NATURE, PRODUCTIONS AND DISCOVERIES INTERSPERSED WITH SOME PARTICULARS RESPECTING THE AUTHOR
- Oh, the blood more stirs To rouse a lion, than to start a hare! SHAKESPEARE
- PREFACE
- THOUGHTS, &c.
- ESSAY I. OF BODY AND MIND.
- THE PROLOGUE.
- ESSAY II. OF THE DISTRIBUTION OF TALENTS.
- {Greek—omitted} Thucydides, Lib.I, cap. 84.
- SECTION I.
- SECTION II.
- SECTION III.
- SECTION IV.
- ESSAY III. OF INTELLECTUAL ABORTION.
- ESSAY IV. OF THE DURABILITY OF HUMAN ACHIEVEMENTS AND PRODUCTIONS.
- ESSAY V. OF THE REBELLIOUSNESS OF MAN.
- ESSAY VI. OF HUMAN INNOCENCE.
- ESSAY VII. OF THE DURATION OF HUMAN LIFE.
- ESSAY VIII. OF HUMAN VEGETATION.
- ESSAY IX. OF LEISURE.
- ESSAY X. OF IMITATION AND INVENTION.
- ESSAY XI. OF SELF-LOVE AND BENEVOLENCE.
- ESSAY XII. OF THE LIBERTY OF HUMAN ACTIONS.
- ESSAY XIII. OF BELIEF.
- ESSAY XIV. OF YOUTH AND AGE.
- Magna debetur pueris reverentia.
- ESSAY XV. OF LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP.
- ESSAY XVI. OF FRANKNESS AND RESERVE.
- ESSAY XVII. OF BALLOT.
- ESSAY XVIII. OF DIFFIDENCE.
- ESSAY XIX. OF SELF-COMPLACENCY.
- ESSAY XX. OF PHRENOLOGY.
- ESSAY XXI. OF ASTRONOMY.
- SECTION I.
- SECTION II.
- SECTION III.
- SECTION IV. It is also no more than just, that we should bear in mind
- ESSAY XXII. OF THE MATERIAL UNIVERSE.
- ESSAY XXIII. OF HUMAN VIRTUE. THE EPILOGUE.
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