Essays historical and moral / by G. Gregory.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gregory, G. (George), 1754-1808.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Essays.

Penn Provenance:

Jackson, David (autograph)

Physical Description:

4 unnumbered pages, viii, 349 pages ; 22cm

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for J. Johnson ..., 1785.

Contents:

Of the progress of manners and society.

Of the influence of physical and moral causes on the human mind.

Remarks on the history of superstition.

Of certain moral prejudices.

Obervations on the effects of civilization, and the character of the present times.

Of the invention of language.

Of alphabetical writing.

Miscellaneous observations on the history of the female sex.

Of the theory of government.

The advantages of the republican form of government compared with those of monarchy.

Of the principles of morals.

Miscellaneous observations on the atheistical system, and on the morals of the ancients.

Of religious establishments.

Of education.

Of penetration and foresight.

An impartial inquiry into the reasonableness of suicide.

Of slavery and the slave trade.

Of certain causes which may prove subversive of British liberty.

OCLC:

1414839