THE

WORKS

OF

DUGALD STEWART.

IN SEVEN VOLUMES.

VOL. VI.

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1829.

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CONTENTS.

Dissertation, exhibiting a General View of the Progress of Meta-

physical, Ethical, and Political Philosophy, since the Revi-

val of Letters in Europe. Part 1.

Preface, containing some Critical Remarks on the Discourse pre-

fixed to the French Encyclopédie

Introductory Observations

CHAPTER I.

From the Revival of Letters to the Publication of Bacon's Philo-

sophical Works

CHAPTER II.

From the Publication of Bacon's Philosophical Works, till that of

the Essay on Human Understanding

SECTION I.-Progress of Philosophy in England during

this Period

BACON.

ANTAGONISTS OF HOBBES

II.-Progress of Philosophy in France during the

Seventeenth Century

MONTAIGNE-CHARRON-LA ROCHEFOUCAULD

DESCARTES-GASSENDI-MALEBRANCHE

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SECTION III.-Progress of Philosophy during the Seven-

teenth Century, in some Parts of Europe,

not included in the preceding Review

Dissertation, exhibiting a General View of the Progress of Meta-

physical, Ethical, and Political Philosophy, since the Revi-

val of Letters in Europe. Part II.

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Introductory Observations

LOCKE

Progress of Metaphysics during the Eighteenth Century.

SECTION I.-Historical and Critical Review of the Philo-

sophical Works of Locke and Leibnitz 192

192

II. Continuation of the Review of Locke and

Leibnitz

LEIBNITZ

III. Of the Metaphysical Speculations of Newton

and Clarke.-Digression with respect to

the System of Spinoza.-Collins and Jona-

than Edwards.-Anxiety of both to recon-

cile the Scheme of Necessity with Man's

Moral Agency.-Departure of some later

Necessitarians from their Views

158

IV. Of some Authors who have contributed by

their Critical or Historical Writings, to dif-

fuse a taste for Metaphysical Studies-

Bayle-Fontenelle-Addison. Metaphysi-

cal Works of Berkeley

V.-Hartleian School

VI. Condillac and other French Metaphysicians

of a later Date

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