The Treatise On Human Nature And That On Liberty And Necessity. With A Suppl. To Which Is Prefixed An Account Of His Life And Wr

The Treatise On Human Nature And That On Liberty And Necessity. With A Suppl. To Which Is Prefixed An Account Of His Life And Wr

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This historic book may have numerous typos, missing text or index. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. 1812. Not illustrated. Excerpt: ... dedication to the Earl of Devonshire, that it consists of two very dissimilar parts abruptly united; for the last principles of Physics are conjoined with the first principles of Politics. The circumstances of.the timet laving induced him to publish the three parts of his System out of their natural order. he has supplied at the end of this work what was wanting to the beginning of the De Cive. The first chapter consists of a few very general remarks on the origin, nutrition, di solution, and generation of man; and concludes with this reflection--that whoever has a thorough insight into all the contrivances of Generation and Nutrition, and does not see that they were ordained and arranged by some Intelligence, each for its proper function, is himself to be deemed unintelligent. The next eight chapters treat 5. Quadrature Circuli, Cubatio Sphaerae, Duplicatio Cubi, 1669. The same republished, with an answer to Wallis's objection*: dedicated to Cosmo, Prince of Tuscany, 1669. 6. Rosetum Geometricum, sive Propositiones aliquot frustra antehac tentatae, &c. 1671. 7. Three Papers presented to the Royal Society against Dr. Wallis, ic. 1671. 8. Lux Mathematics, excussa collisionibus J. Wallisii et T. Hobbesil, &c. 1672. 9. Principia et Problemata aliquot Geometrica ante despe rata, nunc breviter explicata et demonstrata, 1674. 10. Decameron PhysiologicuBi, &c, 1678. of Vision and Optics; and in his Letter to Wallis, our author tells us, with a pleasant confidence, that he never before saw any thing written intelligibly on that subject. The subjects of the six concluding chapters are--Speech and Science--Appetite and Aversion-- The affections and perturbations of the Mind--Natural Disposition and Morals--Religion--and Man in an artificial capacity, or Person. The reader...

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