Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction 1
4. chapter 1 ‘The Wickedest Cleverest Book in the English Language’ 5
5. chapter 2 Pride and Animal Spirits 23
6. chapter 3 The Anatomy of Hypochondria 46
7. chapter 4 Sex in Polite Society 71
8. chapter 5 The Grumbling Hive 98
9. chapter 6 The Contradiction in the Frame of Man 125
10. chapter 7 Politics and the Ideology of Virtue 153
11. chapter 8 Merchants of Morality 192
12. chapter 9 Spontaneous Order 225
13. chapter 10 Concealment and Disclosure 260
14. Acknowledgements 277
15. Notes 279
16. Bibliography 297
17. Index 309
18. A note on the type 317