THE

WORKS

OF

DUGALD STEWART.

IN SEVEN VOLUMES.

VOL. VI.

CAMBRIDGE:

PUBLISHED BY HILLIARD AND BROWN.

1829.

TILDEN LIBRARY

1895

CAMBRIDGE:

E. W. METCALF AND COMPANY,

Printers to the University.

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

1

23

25

59

59

59

80

II.-Progress of Philosophy in France during the