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A. Black and W. Tait, 1826

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Quaine immediate agrede Dureng	7

SECTION PAGE 8 Of Qualities immediately agreeable to Others	339

Conclusion	347

Concerning Moral Sentiment	366

Of SelfLove	378

Some farther considerations with regard to Justice	387

Of some Verbal Disputes	396

A DIALOGUE	409

Comparison of these Religions with regard to Persecution and Toleration	474

With regard to Courage or Abasement	478

With regard to Reason or Absurdity	480

With Regard to Doubt or Conviction	483

Impious Conceptions of the Divine Nature in Popular Reli gions of both kinds	498

Bad Influence of Popular Religions on Morality	504

General Corollary	510

ADDITIONAL	515

THE NATURAL HISTORY OF RELIGION INTRODUCTION	435

That Polytheism was the Primary Religion of Men	436

Origin of Polytheism	441

The same Subject continued	445

Deities not considered as Creators or Formers of the World	450

Various Forms of Polytheism Allegory HeroWorship	458

Origin of Theism from Polytheism	463

Confirmation of this Doctrine	469

Flux and Reflux of Polytheism and Theism	471

SECTION PAGE 1 Of Impudence and Modesty	517

Of Love and Marriage	522

Of the Study of History	528

Of Avarice	533

Of Essay Writing	538

Of Moral Prejudices	543

Of the Middle Station of Life	550

Of Suicide	556

On the Immortality of the Soul	568

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Title	The Philosophical Works of David Hume ... Volume 4 of The Philosophical Works of David Hume, David Hume
Author	David Hume
Publisher	A. Black and W. Tait, 1826
Original from	the New York Public Library
Digitized	1 Dec 2005

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