PART VII.

OF SYSTEMS OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY.

SEC. I. Of the Questions which ought to be examined in a Theory of Moral Sentiments . . . 236-237

SEC. II. Of the different Accounts which have been given of the Nature of Virtue--Introduction . 237

CH. I. Of those Systems which make Virtue consist in Propriety . . . . . 237-260 CH. II. Of those Systems which make Virtue consist in Prudence . . . . . 260-265 CH. III. Of those Systems which make Virtue consist in Benevolence . . . . . 265-271 CH. IV. Of licentious Systems . . . 271-278

SEC. III. Of the different Systems which have been formed concerning the Principle of Approbation--Introduction . . . 279

CH. I. Of those Systems which deduce the Principle of Approbation from Self-love . . . 279-281 CH. II. Of those Systems which make Reason the Principle of Approbation . . . 282-284 CH. III. Of those Systems which make Sentiment the Principle of Approbation . . . 285-290

SEC. IV. Of the Manner in which different Authors have treated of the practical Rules of Morality 290-304 {8}

CONSIDERATIONS CONCERNING THE FORMATION OF LANGUAGES. 305-325

ESSAYS ON PHILOSOPHICAL SUBJECTS.

THE PRINCIPLES WHICH LEAD AND DIRECT PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRIES, AS ILLUSTRATED BY THE HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY 325-326

SEC. I. Of the Effects of Unexpectedness, or of Surprise . . . . . 326-329 SEC. II. Of Wonder, or the Effects of Novelty . 329-337 SEC. III. Of the Origin of Philosophy . . 338-342 SEC. IV. The History of Astronomy . . . 342-384

THE PRINCIPLES WHICH LEAD AND DIRECT PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRIES, ILLUSTRATED BY THE HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT PHYSICS . . . . . 385-395

THE PRINCIPLES WHICH LEAD AND DIRECT PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRIES, ILLUSTRATED BY THE HISTORY OF ANCIENT LOGICS AND METAPHYSICS . . . . 395-405

OF THE NATURE OF THAT IMITATION WHICH TAKES PLACE IN WHAT ARE CALLED THE IMITATIVE ARTS . . . 405