# Essays, or discourses, vol. 2 (of 4)

Author: Feijoo, Benito Jerónimo, 1676-1764; Brett, John, -1785 [Translator]

Genre: Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/71278

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Essays%2C+or+discourses%2C+vol.+2+%28of+4%29+Feijoo&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

I. I do not know, my Son, whether to congratulate or condole with you on the information you give me, of his Majesty having honoured you with a Judge’s robe. I contemplate you as placed in a state of slavery, which, although it is an honourable one, must always remain and continue a slavery. Already you are neither mine nor your own, but belong to the public at large. The obligations of this charge should not only emancipate you from your father, but detach you from yourself also. There is an end of your considering your convenience, your health, or your ease; and you have only now to attend to the duties and discharge of your conscience; you should look upon your own good as a foreign co...

## Chapters

- [Part 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-2-of-4-71278/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Part 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-2-of-4-71278/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Part 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-2-of-4-71278/chapters/10/index.md)
- [Part 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-2-of-4-71278/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Part 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-2-of-4-71278/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Part 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-2-of-4-71278/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Part 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-2-of-4-71278/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Part 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-2-of-4-71278/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Part 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-2-of-4-71278/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Part 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-2-of-4-71278/chapters/17/index.md)
- [Part 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-2-of-4-71278/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Part 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-2-of-4-71278/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Part 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-2-of-4-71278/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Part 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-2-of-4-71278/chapters/18/index.md)
- [Part 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-2-of-4-71278/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Part 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-2-of-4-71278/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Part 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-2-of-4-71278/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Part 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-2-of-4-71278/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Part 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-2-of-4-71278/chapters/19/index.md)
- [Part 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-2-of-4-71278/chapters/20/index.md)
- [Part 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/essays-or-discourses-vol-2-of-4-71278/chapters/21/index.md)