Enlightenment · English
An Essay on the First Principles of Government
An Essay on the First Principles of Government, by Joseph Priestley (1733–1804), a public-domain text from Liberty Fund's Online Library of Liberty.
Chapters
- 01The Preface.prose
- 02Section I.: Of the First Principles of Government, and the different kinds of Liberty.prose
- 03Section II.: Of Political Liberty.prose
- 04Section III.: Of CIVIL Liberty, Sect. I.: Of the nature of Civil Liberty in general.prose
- 05Section IV.: In what manner an authoritative code of education would affect political and civil liberty.prose
- 06Section V.: Of Religious Liberty, and Toleration in general.prose
- 07Section VI.: Some distinctions that have been made on the subject of religious liberty, and toleration considered.prose
- 08Section VII.: Farther observations concerning the extent of ecclesiastical authority, and the power of civil governors iprose
- 09Section VIII.: Of the necessity, or utility, of ecclesiastical establishments.prose
- 10Section IX.: A review of some particular positions of Dr. Balguy’s on the subject of church-authority.prose
- 11Section X.: Of the Progress of Civil Societies to a State of greater Perfection, showing that it is retarded by Encroachprose