[Essays on ethics, politics and economics], 1681.

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[Essays on ethics, politics and economics], 1681.

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Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of three essays titled "A Systeme of Ethicks," "A Systeme of Politics" and "A Systeme of Oeconomicks." The first essay discusses "the Liberty of the will" and "absolute vertues;" the second essay explores "the parts of a Commonwealth," "of money or the revenue," "of civil administracon & of Law," and "Death and burial." The third essay includes subsections on "conjugal society" which describes laws and customs of marriage and divorce, "Parental Relation" which contains specific advice about feeding babies, and "Of the Herile Relation" which describes the relationship between master and servant. At the end of each essay is a poem summarizing the material in iambic-pentameter couplets.

1 v. (156 p.) ; 19 x 15 cm.

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