Adam Smith Reading Group, April 28--Hume's Essays
- Start Time
- 11:00am
Friday, 28 Apr 2023 - End Time
- 12:30pm
Friday, 28 Apr 2023 - Organizer
- Adam Smith Program
We read pages 465-598 of Hume's Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1994), corresponding to the following essays (participants are to focus on the titles in boldface):
- “Of the Original Contract”
- “Of Passive Obedience”
- “Of the Coalition of Parties”
- “Of the Protestant Succession”
- “Idea of a Perfect Commonwealth”
- "Of Essay-Writing" [treated in the first session]
- "Of Moral Prejudices"
- “Of the Middle Station of Life”
- "Of Impudence and Modesty"
- "Of Love and Marriage"
- “Of the Study of History”
- “Of Avarice”
- "A Character of Sir Robert Wapole"
- "Of Suicide"
- "Of the Immortality of the Soul"\
Note that the titles beginning with "Of Essay-Writing" were either unpublished or redacted in later editions of Hume's works, so they won't be emphasized much in discussion.