THE LECTURES, CORRECTED AND IMPROVED, WHICH HAVE BEEN DELIVERED FOR A SERIES OF YEARS, IN THE COLLEGE OF NEW-JERSEY; ON THE SUBJECTS OF MORAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY
New-York: Whiting and Watson, 1812. Corrected and Improved Edition. Octavos, [2], 9-324 pp (Vol. 1); 9-386 pp (Vol. 2). Good+; bound in contemporary leather with burgundy spine labels and faded gilt titling, very minor wear to covers, slight tears to spine edges and corners; bindings tight; text blocks age toned; foxing to pages throughout; previous owner names in pencil on ffeps "Henry Onderdonk, Esq" and written on title pages in ink "Henry Onderdonk Jr 1827;" RWO.
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The Former Part Embracing,
I. The general principles of human nature considered as a subject of moral science.
II. The principles of ethics, or the moral relations and duties of men.
III. The principles of natural theology.
IV. And lastly, those of economics, or family relations, as preparatory to the consideration of the relations and duties of civil and political life.
The Latter Part Embracing,
I. The rules which ought to regulate the conduct of men towards one another in a state of civil society, and the means of enforcing those rules.
II. The rules and principles which give the form to the society or government itself, and which divert its operations.
III. And finally, the rules which should govern the conduct of independent governments or states to one another - the whole comprehending those general principles on the subjects of jurisprudence, politics, and public law, or the law of nature and nations, with which every man of liberal information in a free country ought to be acquainted.
Henry Onderdonk, Sr. was the second Episcopal Bishop of Pennsylvania.