Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction vii
4. Timeline of principal events and publications xliii
5. Note on the texts xlvii
6. 1. Dissertation on the Innocence of Errors of the Mind 1
7. 2. Anti-Machiavel, or a Study of Machiavelli’s The Prince 13
8. 3. Preface to History of My Age 82
9. 4. Dissertation on the Reasons for Establishing or Repealing Laws 87
10. 5. Epistle XVIII: To Marshal Keith, on the Vain Terrors of Death and the Fears of Another Life 107
11. 6. Epistle XX: To My Soul (À mon esprit) 116
12. 7. Preface to Extracts from Bayle’s Historical and Critical Dictionary 125
13. 8. Preface to Abridgement of the Ecclesiastical History by Fleury 129
14. 9. Essay on Self-Love, Considered as a Principle of Morality 139
15. 10. Letter on Education 149
16. 11. Examination of the Essay on Prejudice 160
17. 12. Critical Examination of The System of Nature 179
18. 13. Dialogue of the Dead between Madame de Pompadour and the Virgin Mary 190
19. 14. Essay on the Forms of Government and the Duties of Sovereigns 195
20. Acknowledgements 209
21. Notes 211
22. Index 241