Sketches of the History of Man: In Three Volumes

by AngÃlica V. Salvi, James A. Harris

Overview

Divided into three books, Kames’s Sketches of the History of Man draws together the concerns of many of his earlier works. The first book considers man in the private sphere, while the second explores man in the public sphere. The final book is an account of progress in the sciences of logic, morals, and theology. Throughout the entire work, Kames expounds on his fundamental hypothesis that, at the beginning of the history of the human race, savagery was ubiquitous and that the human story is one of an emergence out of barbarism and toward maturity.

Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696–1782) was one of the leaders of the Scottish Enlightenment.

James A. Harris is a Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of St. Andrews in Scotland.

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Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780865975057
Publisher:	Liberty Fund Inc.
Publication date:	06/01/2007
Series:	Natural Law and Enlightenment Classics Series
Edition description:	In Three Volumes
Pages:	1064
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 2.75(d)
Age Range:	18 Years

Table of Contents

Introduction ix
A Note on the Text xxi
Acknowledgments xxiii

BOOK I: Progress of Men Independent of Society 53

SKETCH I: Progress Respecting Food and Population 53
SKETCH II: Progress of Property 68
SKETCH III: Origin and Progress of Commerce 74
SKETCH IV: Origin and Progress of Arts 91
SKETCH V: Manners 163
SKETCH VI: Progress of the Female Sex 259
SKETCH VII: Progress and Effects of Luxury 313

BOOK II: Progress of Men in Society 337

SKETCH I: Appetite for Society—Origin of National Societies 339
SKETCH II: General View of Government 371
SKETCH III: Different Forms of Government Compared 375
SKETCH IV: Progress of States from Small to Great, and from Great to Small 389
SKETCH V: Great and Small States Compared 396
SKETCH VI: War and Peace Compared 405
SKETCH VII: Rise and Fall of Patriotism 416
SKETCH VIII: Finances 432
SKETCH IX: Military Branch of Government 491
SKETCH X: Public Police with Respect to the Poor 521
SKETCH XI: A Great City Considered in Physical, Moral, and Political Views 546
SKETCH XII: Origin and Progress of American Nations 555

BOOK III: Progress of Sciences 581

SKETCH I: Principles and Progress of Reason 583
SKETCH II: Principles and Progress of Morality 701
SKETCH III: Principles and Progress of Theology 790
APPENDIX: Sketches Concerning Scotland 907

Latin Tags and Phrases 929
Bibliography 931
Index 945