Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author
William Godwin
Thoughts on Man, His Nature, Productions and Discoveries Interspersed with Some Particulars Respecting the Author
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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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