By ADAM FERGUSON, LL. D.
Profeffor of Moral Philofophy in the University of
EDINBURGH.

The FOURTH EDITION, REVISED and
CORRECTED.

LONDON:

Printed for T. CADDEL, in the Strand; and A. KINCAID,
W. CREECH, and J. BELL, Edinburgli.

M,DCC,LXXIII.

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CONTENT S

PART I.

Of the general Characteristics of Human

Nature.

SECTION I.

Of the question relating to the state of Nature, Page 1.