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A Treatise of Human Nature

12 chapters · about 226,000 words

1PART III OF THE OTHER VIRTUES AND VICESFree to read
2PART I. OF IDEAS, THEIR ORIGIN, COMPOSITION, CONNEXION, ABSTRACTION,
3PART II. OF THE IDEAS OF SPACE AND TIME.
4PART III. OF KNOWLEDGE AND PROBABILITY.
5PART IV. OF THE SCEPTICAL AND OTHER SYSTEMS OF PHILOSOPHY.
6PART I OF PRIDE AND HUMILITY
7PART II OF LOVE AND HATRED
8PART III OF THE WILL AND DIRECT PASSIONS

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Published 1739 in English.

Digitised text from the source edition.

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PART I OF VIRTUE AND VICE IN GENERAL

10PART II OF JUSTICE AND INJUSTICE

11PART III OF THE OTHER VIRTUES AND VICES

12part in society; and such as render them serviceable to themselves, and