Supplement to the Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Editions of the Encyclopædia Britannica/Dissertation First

by Dugald Stewart

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DISSERTATION FIRST:

EXHIBITING A GENERAL VIEW

of the

PROGRESS OF METAPHYSICAL, ETHICAL, AND POLITICAL
PHILOSOPHY,

SINCE THE REVIVAL OF LETTERS IN EUROPE.

By DUGALD STEWART, Esq. F. R. SS. Lond. & Edin.
honorary member of the Imperial Academy of Sciences at St Petersburgh;
member of the Royal Academy of Berlin,
and of the American Philosophical Society held at Philadelphia;
formerly professor of moral philosophy in the University
of Edinburgh.

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Chapters (not listed in original)

• Preface.
• Part I.
  • Chapter I. From the revival of letters to the publication of Bacon’s philosophical 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.
    • Section II. Progress of Philosophy in France during the Seventeenth Century.
    • Section III. Progress of Philosophy during the Seventeenth Century, in some parts of Europe, not included in the preceding Review.
• Notes and Illustrations.