Essays: Moral, Political, and Literary

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Essay i-lii.indd 1 12/27/11 7:34 PM ESSAYS MORAL, POLITICAL, AND LITERARY Essay i-lii.indd 2 12/27/11 7:34 PM Essay i-lii.indd 3 12/27/11 7:34 PM Essay i-lii.indd 5 12/27/11 7:34 PM DAVID HUME ESSAYS MORAL, POLITICAL, AND LITERARY Edited and with a Foreword, Notes, and Glossary by EUGENE F. MILLER With an apparatus of variant readings from the 1889 edition by T H. Green and T H. Grose REVISED EDITION m~ Liberty Fund INDIANAPOLIS Essay i-lii.indd 6 12/27/11 7:34 PM This book is published by Liberty Fund, Inc., a foundation established to encourage study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals. The cuneiform inscription that serves as our logo and as the design motif for our endpapers is the earliest-known written appearance of the word "freedom" (amagi), or "liberty." It is taken from a clay document written about 2300 B.C. in the Sumerian city-state of Lagash. Foreword and editorial additions© 1985, 1987 by Eugene F. Miller. All rights reserved. All inquiries should be addressed to Liberty Fund, Inc., 8335 Allison Pointe Trail, Suite 300, Indianapolis, Indiana 46250-1684. This book was manufactured in the United States of America. Frontispiece portrait of Hume by Allan Ramsay 1754, used by permission from H.I.T. Gunn, Esq. W.S., and The Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland. Facsimile title and part title pages from Volume I of Hume: Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects, London 1777, courtesy of The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Hume, David, 1711-1776. Essays, moral, political, and literary. Based on the 1777 ed. originally published as vol. 1 of Essays and tr~atises on several subjects. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Ethics, Modern-18th century. 2. Social ethics-Early works to 1800. 3. Political science-Early works to 1800. I. Miller, Eugene F., 1935- . II. Hume, David, 1711-1776. Essays and treatises on several subjects. III. Title. B1475 1985b 192 86-27306 ISBN 0-86597-055-6 ISBN 0-86597-056-4 (pbk.) 10 09 08 07 06 c 9 8 7 6 5 10 09 08 07 06 p 13 12 11 10 9 ...