Treatise of Human Nature

The relatively recent discovery of the Higgs boson, which opened up the real possibility of multiverses, has gotten me curious whether Enlightenment metaphysicians such as Spinoza and Hume made any maxims regarding the possibility of multiverses.

For this reason, I’m simplifying snippets of Hume and Spinoza’s writings about spacetime and atoms / ether / Substance to see if they had any clear positions regarding multiverses and time and space travel (such as teleportation or quantum entanglement).

– Juan Dalisay (April 6, 2015)

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Introduction
Book I. Of the Understanding

Part 1: Ideas

• Division of the Subject
• The Ideas of the Memory and Imagination
• The Connection Or Association of Ideas
• Relations
• Modes and Substances
• Abstract Ideas

Part 2: The Ideas of Space and Time

• The Infinite Divisibility of Our Ideas of Space and Time
• The Infinite Divisibility of Space and Time
• The Other Qualities of Our Idea of Space and Time
• Objections Answered
• the Same Subject Continued
• The Idea of Existence, and of External Existence

Part 3: Knowledge and Probability

• Knowledge
• Probability, and of the Idea of Cause and Effect
• Why a Cause is Always Necessary.
• The Component Parts of Our Reasonings Concerning Cause and Effect.
• The Impressions of the Senses and Memory
• The Inference From the Impression to the Idea
• The Nature of the Idea Or Belief
• The Causes of Belief
• The Effects of Other Relations and Other Habits
• The Influence of Belief
• The Probability of Chances
• The Probability of Causes
• Unphilosophical Probability
• The Idea of Necessary Connection
• Rules by Which to Judge of Causes and Effects
• The Reason of Animals

Part 4: The Sceptical and Other Systems of Philosophy

• Scepticism with Regard to Reason
• Scepticism with Regard to the Senses
• The Ancient Philosophy
• The Modern Philosophy
• The Immateriality of the Soul
• Personal Identity
• Conclusion Book 1

Book 2 The Passions

• Pride and Humility
• Division of the Subject
• Of Pride and Humility, Their Objects and Causes
• Whence These Objects and Causes Are Derived
• The Relations of Impressions and Ideas
• The Influence of These Relations On Pride and Humility
• Limitations of This System
• Vice and Virtue
• Beauty and Deformity
• External Advantages and Disadvantages
• Property and Riches
• The Love of Fame
• The Pride and Humility of Animals
• Love and Hatred
• The Object and Causes of Love and Hatred
• Experiments to Confirm This System
• Difficulties Solved
• The Love of Relations
• Our Esteem for the Rich and Powerful
• Benevolence and Anger
• Compassion
• Malice and Envy
• The Mixture of Benevolence and Anger with Compassion and Malice
• Respect and Contempt
• The Amorous Passion, Or Love Between the Sexes
• The Love and Hatred of Animals
• The Will and Direct Passions
• Liberty and Necessity
• The Same Subject Continued
• The Influencing Motives of the Will
• The Causes of the Violent Passions
• The Effects of Custom
• The Influence of the Imagination on the Passions
• Of Contiguity and Distance in Space and Time
• The same subject continued
• The Direct Passions
• Curiosity, Or the Love of Truth

 

Book 3: Morals

• Virtue and Vice in General
• Moral Distinctions Not Derived from Reason
• Moral Distinctions Derived from a Moral Sense
• Justice and Injustice
• Justice, Whether a Natural Or Artificial Virtue?
• The Origin of Justice and Property
• The Rules Which Determine Property
• The Transference of Property by Consent
• The Obligation of Promises
• Some Farther Reflections Concerning Justice and Injustice
• The Origin of Government
• The Source of Allegiance
• The Measures of Allegiance
• The Objects of Allegiance
• The Laws of Nations
• Chastity and Modesty

Other Virtues and Vices

• The Origin of the Natural Virtues and Vices
• Greatness of Mind
• Goodness and Benevolence
• Natural Abilities
• Some Farther Reflections Concerning the Natural Virtues
• Conclusion of This Book
• Appendix