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Enquiry Concerning Political Justice

  
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BOOK I: OF THE POWERS OF MAN CONSIDERED IN HIS SOCIAL CAPACITY
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
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CHAPTER II HISTORY OF POLITICAL SOCIETY
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CHAPTER III SPIRIT OF POLITICAL INSTITUTIONS.
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CHAPTER IV THE CHARACTERS OF MEN ORIGINATE IN THEIR EXTERNAL CIRCUMSTANCES.
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CHAPTER V THE VOLUNTARY ACTIONS OF MEN ORIGINATE IN THEIR OPINIONS
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CHAPTER VI OF THE INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE
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CHAPTER VII OF THE INFLUENCE OF LUXURY
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CHAPTER VIII HUMAN INVENTIONS SUSCEPTIBLE OF PERPETUAL IMPROVEMENT
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BOOK II PRINCIPALS OF SOCIETY
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
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CHAPTER II OF JUSTICE
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Appendix I. OF SUICIDE
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Appendix II OF DUELLING
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CHAPTER III OF THE EQUALITY OF MANKIND
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CHAPTER IV OF PERSONAL VIRTUE AND DUTY
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CHAPTER V OF RIGHTS
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CHAPTER VI OF THE RIGHT OF PRIVATE JUDGMENT
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BOOK III PRINCIPLES OF GOVERNMENT
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CHAPTER I SYSTEMS OF POLITICAL WRITERS
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CHAPTER II OF THE SOCIAL CONTRACT
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CHAPTER III OF PROMISES
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CHAPTER IV OF POLITICAL AUTHORITY
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CHAPTER V OF LEGISLATION
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CHAPTER VI OF OBEDIENCE
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CHAPTER VII Of Forms of Government
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BOOK IV OF THE OPERATION OF OPINION IN SOCIETIES AND INDIVIDUALS
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CHAPTER I OF RESISTANCE
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CHAPTER II OF REVOLUTIONS
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CHAPTER III Of Political Associations
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CHAPTER IV Of Tyrannicide
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CHAPTER V OF THE CULTIVATION OF TRUTH
  
Appendix OF THE CONNECTION BETWEEN UNDERSTANDING AND VIRTUE
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CHAPTER VI OF SINCERITY
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Appendix I ILLUSTRATIONS OF SINCERITY
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Appendix II OF THE MODE OF EXCLUDING VISITORS
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CHAPTER VII OF FREE WILL AND NECESSITY
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CHAPTER VIII INFERENCES FROM THE DOCTRINE OF NECESSITY
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CHAPTER IX OF THE MECHANISM OF THE HUMAN MIND
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CHAPTER X OF SELF-LOVE AND BENEVOLENCE
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CHAPTER XI OF GOOD AND EVIL
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BOOK V OF LEGISLATIVE AND EXECUTIVE POWER
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION
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CHAPTER II OF EDUCATION, THE EDUCATION OF A PRINCE
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CHAPTER III PRIVATE LIFE OF A PRINCE
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CHAPTER IV OF A VIRTUOUS DESPOTISM
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CHAPTER V OF COURTS AND MINISTERS
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CHAPTER VI OF SUBJECTS
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CHAPTER VII OF ELECTIVE MONARCHY
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CHAPTER VIII OF LIMITED MONARCHY
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CHAPTER IX OF A PRESIDENT WITH REGAL POWERS
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CHAPTER X OF HEREDITARY DISTINCTION
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CHAPTER XI MORAL EFFECTS OF ARISTOCRACY
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CHAPTER XII OF TITLES
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CHAPTER XIII OF THE ARISTOCRATICAL CHARACTER
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CHAPTER XIV GENERAL FEATURES OF DEMOCRACY
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CHAPTER XV OF POLITICAL IMPOSTURE
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CHAPTER XVI OF THE CAUSES OF WAR
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CHAPTER XVII OF THE OBJECT OF WAR
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CHAPTER XVIII OF THE CONDUCT OF WAR
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CHAPTER XIX OF MILITARY ESTABLISHMENTS AND TREATIES
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CHAPTER XX OF DEMOCRACY AS CONNECTED WITH THE TRANSACTIONS OF WAR
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CHAPTER XXI OF THE COMPOSITION OF GOVERNMENT
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CHAPTER XXII OF THE FUTURE HISTORY OF POLITICAL SOCIETIES
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CHAPTER XXIII OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLIES
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CHAPTER XXIV OF THE DISSOLUTION OF GOVERNMENT
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BOOK VI OF OPINION CONSIDERED AS A SUBJECT OF POLITICAL INSTITUTION
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CHAPTER I GENERAL EFFECTS OF THE POLITICAL SUPERINTENDENCE OF OPINION
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CHAPTER II OF RELIGIOUS ESTABLISHMENTS
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CHAPTER III OF THE SUPPRESSIONS OF ERRONEOUS OPINIONS IN RELIGION AND GOVERNMENT
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CHAPTER IV OF TESTS
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CHAPTER V OF OATHS
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CHAPTER VI OF LIBELS
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CHAPTER VII OF CONSTITUTIONS
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CHAPTER VIII OF NATIONAL EDUCATION
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CHAPTER IX OF PENSIONS AND SALARIES
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CHAPTER X OF THE MODES OF DECIDING A QUESTION ON THE PART OF THE COMMUNITY
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BOOK VII OF CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS
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CHAPTER I LIMITATIONS OF THE DOCTRINE OF PUNISHMENT WHICH RESULT FROM THE PRINCIPLES OF MORALITY
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CHAPTER II GENERAL DISADVANTAGES OF PUNISHMENT
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CHAPTER III OF THE PURPOSES OF PUNISHMENT
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CHAPTER IV OF THE APPLICATION OF PUNISHMENT
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CHAPTER V OF PUNISHMENT CONSIDERED AS A TEMPORARY EXPEDIENT
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CHAPTER VI SCALE OF PUNISHMENT
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CHAPTER VII OF EVIDENCE
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CHAPTER VIII OF LAW
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CHAPTER IX OF PARDONS
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BOOK VIII OF PROPERTY
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CHAPTER I PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS
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CHAPTER II PRINCIPLES OF PROPERTY
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CHAPTER III BENEFITS ATTENDANT ON A SYSTEM OF EQUALITY
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CHAPTER IV OBJECTION TO THIS SYSTEM FROM THE FRAILTY OF THE HUMAN MIND
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CHAPTER V OBJECTION TO THIS SYSTEM FROM THE QUESTION OF PERMANENCE
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CHAPTER VI OBJECTION TO THIS SYSTEM FROM THE ALLUREMENTS OF SLOTH
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CHAPTER VII OBJECTION TO THIS SYSTEM FROM THE BENEFITS OF LUXURY
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CHAPTER VIII OBJECTION TO THIS SYSTEM FROM THE INFLEXIBILITY OF ITS RESTRICTIONS
  
APPENDIX OF COOPERATION, COHABITATION AND MARRIAGE
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CHAPTER IX OBJECTION TO THIS SYSTEM FROM THE PRINCIPLE OF POPULATION
  
APPENDIX OF HEALTH, AND THE PROLONGATION OF HUMAN LIFE
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CHAPTER X REFLECTIONS

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Enquiry Concerning Political Justice
Enquiry Concerning Political Justice and its Influence on Modern Morals and Happiness

By

William Godwin


Philadelphia

Bioren and Madan
1796
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