January 31, 2008
Item of the Day: An Essay on the History of Civil Society (1767)
Full Title: An Essay on the History of Civil Society. By Adam Ferguson, LL.D. . . . Dublin: Printed by Boulter Grierson, Printer to the King’s most Excellent Majesty, MDCCLXVII. [1767]
PART FIRST.
Of the General Characteristics of Human Nature.
SECTION I.
Of the question relating to the State of Nature.
NATURAL productions are generally formed by degrees. Vegetables grow [...]