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INTRODUCTION

BOOK I OF THE UNDERSTANDING

PART I OF IDEAS, THEIR ORIGIN,

COMPOSITION, CONNEXION,

ABSTRACTION, ETC / 3

SECT. I OF THE ORIGIN OF OUR IDEAS / 5

SECT. II DIVISION OF THE SUBJECT / 12

SECT. III OF THE IDEAS OF THE MEMORY

AND IMAGINATION / 14

SECT. IV OF THE CONNEXION OR ASSOCIATION

OF IDEAS. / 16

SECT. V OF RELATIONS. / 20

SECT. VI OF MODES AND SUBSTANCES / 23

SECT. VII OF ABSTRACT IDEAS / 25

A TREATISE OF HUMAN NATURE 2

PART II OF THE IDEAS OF SPACE AND

TIME / 35

SECT. I OF THE INFINITE DIVISIBILITY OF OUR

IDEAS OF SPACE AND TIME / 37

SECT. II OF THE INFINITE DIVISIBILITY OF

SPACE AND TIME / 41

SECT. III OF THE OTHER QUALITIES OF OUR

IDEA OF SPACE AND TIME / 46

SECT. IV OBJECTIONS ANSWERED / 53

SECT. V THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED / 69

SECT. VI OF THE IDEA OF EXISTENCE,

AND OF EXTERNAL EXISTENCE / 83

PART III OF KNOWLEDGE AND

PROBABILITY / 87

SECT. I OF KNOWLEDGE / 89

SECT. II OF PROBABILITY, AND OF THE IDEA

OF CAUSE AND EFFECT / 94

SECT. III WHY A CAUSE IS ALWAYS

NECESSARY / 101

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SECT. IV OF THE COMPONENT PARTS OF

OUR REASONINGS CONCERNING CAUSE

AND EFFECT / 106

SECT. V OF THE IMPRESSIONS OF THE SENSES

AND MEMORY / 108

SECT. VI OF THE INFERENCE FROM THE

IMPRESSION TO THE IDEA / 112

SECT. VII OF THE NATURE OF THE IDEA

OR BELIEF / 121

SECT. VIII OF THE CAUSES OF BELIEF / 128

SECT. IX OF THE EFFECTS OF OTHER

RELATIONS AND OTHER HABITS / 139

SECT. X OF THE INFLUENCE OF BELIEF / 151

SECT. XI OF THE PROBABILITY OF

CHANCES / 160

SECT. XII OF THE PROBABILITY OF

CAUSES / 167

SECT. XIII OF UNPHILOSOPHICAL

PROBABILITY / 181

SECT. XIV OF THE IDEA OF NECESSARY

CONNEXION / 194

SECT. XV RULES BY WHICH TO JUDGE OF

CAUSES AND EFFECTS / 215

A TREATISE OF HUMAN NATURE 4

SECT. XVI OF THE REASON OF ANIMALS / 219

PART IV OF THE SCEPTICAL AND OTHER

SYSTEMS OF PHILOSOPHY / 223

SECT. I OF SCEPTICISM WITH REGARD TO

REASON / 225

SECT. II OF SCEPTICISM WITH REGARD TO

THE SENSES / 233

SECT. III OF THE ANTIENT PHILOSOPHY / 266

SECT. IV OF THE MODERN PHILOSOPHY / 273

SECT. V OF THE IMMATERIALITY OF THE

SOUL / 281

SECT. VI OF PERSONAL IDENTITY / 302

SECT. VII CONCLUSION OF THIS BOOK / 316

BOOK II OF THE PASSIONS

PART I OF PRIDE AND HUMILITY / 331

SECT. I DIVISION OF THE SUBJECT / 333

SECT. II OF PRIDE AND HUMILITY, THEIR

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OBJECTS AND CAUSES / 336

SECT. III WHENCE THESE OBJECTS AND

CAUSES ARE DERIVED / 340

SECT. IV OF THE RELATIONS OF IMPRESSIONS

AND IDEAS / 343

SECT. V OF THE INFLUENCE OF THESE

RELATIONS ON PRIDE AND HUMILITY. / 346

SECT. VI LIMITATIONS OF THIS SYSTEM / 352

SECT. VII OF VICE AND VIRTUE / 357

SECT. VIII OF BEAUTY AND DEFORMITY / 361

SECT. IX OF EXTERNAL ADVANTAGES AND

DISADVANTAGES / 367

SECT. X OF PROPERTY AND RICHES / 374

SECT. XI OF THE LOVE OF FAME / 382

SECT. XII OF THE PRIDE AND HUMILITY OF

ANIMALS / 392

PART II OF LOVE AND HATRED / 397

SECT. I OF THE OBJECT AND CAUSES OF LOVE

AND HATRED / 399

SECT. II EXPERIMENTS TO CONFIRM THIS

SYSTEM / 403

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SECT. III DIFFICULTIES SOLVED / 420

SECT. IV OF THE LOVE OF RELATIONS / 425

SECT. V OF OUR ESTEEM FOR THE RICH AND

POWERFUL / 432

SECT. VI OF BENEVOLENCE AND ANGER / 442

SECT. VII OF COMPASSION / 446

SECT. VIII OF MALICE AND ENVY / 450

SECT. IX OF THE MIXTURE OF BENEVOLENCE

AND ANGER WITH COMPASSION AND

MALICE / 460

SECT. X OF RESPECT AND CONTEMPT / 470

SECT. XI OF THE AMOROUS PASSION, OR LOVE

BETWIXT THE SEXES / 475

SECT. XII OF THE LOVE AND HATRED OF

ANIMALS / 479

PART III OF THE WILL AND DIRECT

PASSIONS / 483

SECT. I OF LIBERTY AND NECESSITY / 485

SECT. II THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED / 494

SECT. III OF THE INFLUENCING MOTIVES OF

THE WILL / 500

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SECT. IV OF THE CAUSES OF THE VIOLENT

PASSIONS / 507

SECT. V OF THE EFFECTS OF CUSTOM / 512

SECT. VI OF THE INFLUENCE OF THE

IMAGINATION ON THE PASSIONS / 514

SECT. VII OF CONTIGUITY AND DISTANCE IN

SPACE AND TIME / 518

SECT. VIII THE SAME SUBJECT

CONTINUED / 524

SECT. IX OF THE DIRECT PASSIONS / 531

SECT. X OF CURIOSITY, OR THE LOVE OF

TRUTH / 542

BOOK III OF MORALS

PART I OF VIRTUE AND VICE IN

GENERAL / 551

SECT. I MORAL DISTINCTIONS NOT DERIVED

FROM REASON / 553

SECT. II MORAL DISTINCTIONS DERIVED

FROM A MORAL SENSE / 568

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PART II OF JUSTICE AND INJUSTICE / 575

SECT. I JUSTICE, WHETHER A NATURAL OR

ARTIFICIAL VIRTUE? / 577

SECT. II OF THE ORIGIN OF JUSTICE AND

PROPERTY / 585

SECT. III OF THE RULES WHICH DETERMINE

PROPERTY / 604

SECT. IV OF THE TRANSFERENCE OF

PROPERTY BY CONSENT / 610

SECT. V OF THE OBLIGATION OF

PROMISES / 613

SECT. VI SOME FARTHER REFLECTIONS

CONCERNING JUSTICE AND INJUSTICE / 623

SECT. VII OF THE ORIGIN OF

GOVERNMENT / 632

SECT. VIII OF THE SOURCE OF

ALLEGIANCE / 638

SECT. IX OF THE MEASURES OF

ALLEGIANCE / 650

SECT. X OF THE OBJECTS OF

ALLEGIANCE / 655

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SECT. XI OF THE LAWS OF NATIONS / 670

SECT. XII OF CHASTITY AND MODESTY / 674

PART III OF THE OTHER VIRTUES AND

VICES / 679

SECT. I OF THE ORIGIN OF THE NATURAL

VIRTUES AND VICES / 681

SECT. II OF GREATNESS OF MIND / 700

SECT. III OF GOODNESS AND

BENEVOLENCE / 712

SECT. IV OF NATURAL ABILITIES / 717

SECT. V SOME FARTHER REFLECTIONS

CONCERNING THE NATURAL VIRTUES / 725

SECT. VI CONCLUSION OF THIS BOOK / 730

APPENDIX / 734