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in italic type.
B. = Burke. C.
Hum. Hume.
Montesquieu. R. Rousseau.

=

Absalom and Achitophel: indicates
popular notion of Contract, 13
Absolutism: Hob.'s doctrine of, 25 ff.,
31 ff.; Hob.'s contrasted with S.'s
78, 114, and with R.'s, 125; L.'s
device for avoiding that of Hob.
and of R., 166 ff.; the doctrine in
Hob., F., and Heg., 193; Mon.'s
opinions on, 265

Acosta a traveller named by V.,
228 n. 2

Aesthetik (Hegel's): 146 n. 1
Agnosticism: general criticism of,
219 ff.

Althusius his early idea of Con-
tract, 22; one of the first to treat
politics as a science, 85
American Taxation (Burke's Speeches
on): 6-19 passim, 22 n. 8
Appeal from the New to the Old
Whigs (Burke's): 259 n. I, 299
nn. 1 and 2, 360 n. 2, 22 n. 3,
24 n. 2, 31 n. 1, 39 n. I, 41, 42
nn. 1, 2 and 4, 48 nn. 1 and 2, 50
n. 4, 53, 60

Areopagitica (Milton's): 90
Aristocracy: S.'s safeguards against
abuses of, 87, and the weakness of
these, 118, 119; V. on the origin
of, 219-221; V. on the political
consequences of, 226; Mon. on
the spirit of, 265

Aristotle his inadequate idea of
sovereignty, 55; his attitude to
politics compared with S.'s, 62,
85; V.'s comparative neglect of,
210 n. 1, 212 n. 2; his task com-
pared with V.'s, 230; his theory
of cataclysms and V.'s idea of
progress, 249; his notion of

ponent of utilitarianism, 2* ; B.'s
affinity with, 19; on the sanction
of public opinion, 113; C.'s op-
position to, 118
Bismarck

and nationality, 2, 3;
and the Austrian Alliance, 101;
and Real-Politik, 102, 103
Blackstone: and the Contract, 13,
15

Blake an inheritor from V., 240
Bodin : one of the first to treat

politics as a science, 85
Boëtie, La: see La Boëtie
Bolingbroke: criticised by Mon. for
attacking revealed religion, 291
Bossuet and the Contract, 14 n. 2;
apostle of Divine Right, 130, 131
British Constitution, the: Mon.
and V. on, 270, 270 n. 4; Mon.
and B. on, 280, 299; B. on, 12,
13, 32

Burke his political task, 15, 16;
his expediency contrasted with
S.'s, 79, 92 ff., 124; his debt to S.,
92; on rebellion, 140; his so-
phistical refutation of Dr. Price,
153; relation to L., 153; his
debt to Hooker, 157 n. 2; criticism
of his individualism, 169; on the
origins of civil society, 174; his
conservatism, 188; his relation
to V., 240; his theory of rights
identical with V.'s, 248, 252; like
V., attributes religious basis to
State, 253; relation to Mon., 259
nn. I and 2, 289; his expediency
compared with Mon.'s, 259; on

geographical morality,' 288; on
wisdom, 289; his conservatism
contrasted with Mon.'s, 291, 292,
299 ff.; Mon.'s influence on, 298 ff.;
on historical method, 337; posi-
tion in history of political theory,
3*; 1-63 passim; compared with
Heg., 178; his restricted influence,
244; relation to C., 244; com-
pared with Maz., 264; contrasted
with Heg. and Maz., 319

Calvin one of few Reformers with
political interests as such, 17
Carlyle on evils of individualism,

21, 199; against L., 203; an in-
heritor from V., 240; relation to
F., 123; his Hero-worship a
direct debt to F., 126; affinity
with C., 184

Catéchisme Positive (Comte's): 207
Cavour and nationality, 2
Chartists: heirs of L., 202

Chateaubriand: an inheritor from
V., 240

Chenier, J. one of few French utili-
tarians who was also individualist,
304
Christianity : its contribution to
politics, 8, 9, 10, 255, 256
Church S. on church establish-
ments, 90 ff.

Civil Society: contrast of S.'s and
Hob.'s idea of, 72 ff.; S.'s doctrine
of functions of, 107, 119 n. I, 122,
123; L.'s idea of, 135 ff.; L.'s
idea of motives for formation of,
139: L.'s doctrine of its inferi-
ority to state of nature, 160;
criticism of L.'s idea of, 164 ff.,
185 ff.; L.'s rigid limitations of
its functions, 165-172; the true
functions of, 192 ff.; V.'s idea of
formation of, 220-224; V.'s idea
of the stages in its development,
226, 244; identified by Mon.
with state of nature, 258; Mon.'s
idea of functions of, 274; Hum.'s
idea of its origins, 322, 324, and of
its functions, 330, 359; B.'s idea
of its organic nature, 25, 26; B.
on its complexity, 34, 35; B. on
its origins, 42, 60, 61, and its
functions, 45-55; B. on its in-
compatibility with ' rights of
man,' 44 ff.; K. on the origins of,
68, 80; not to K. as to R., in-
ferior to state of nature, 88; F.'s
idea of its functions, 102, 103;
F.'s doctrine of the organic nature
of the State, 114 ff., and Heg.'s,
178; C.'s notion of the develop-
ment of, 186 ff.

Clarke

Hum.'s opponent, 308, 315,

344
Climate regarded as a political
force by Mon., 264, 271 ff., 279,
and Comte's criticism of this,

201 N. I

Cobden and repeal of Corn laws, 101
Coleridge: an inheritor from V.,
240; affinity with C., 184
Commentaries (Blackstone's): 15
Common Sense (Paine's): 162
Communism: Maz.'s criticism of,
259 n. I

Comparative Method: V.'s use of,
227 ff.

Comte error of, 1; relation to F.,
118, 123; Heg.'s influence on,
160; 184-250; Maz.'s relation to,
252; contrasted with Maz., 259,
260, and with Heg., 319

Conciliation with America (Burke's
124 n. 1; 6-19

Speech on):
passim
Condition and Future of Europe
(Mazzini's): 257

Consent the basis of Government
according to L., 139-140, 157, 172;
criticism of L.'s doctrine, 173 ff.;
R.'s refutation of L.'s doctrine of,
174, 190, 191; Hum. on, 333, 334;
B.'s attitude to, 49, 50, 53
Conservatism: an outcome of B.'s
expediency, 15; the reactionary
sort in B., 21, 22, 23; the en-
lightened sort in B., 24 ff.; the
growth of B.'s, 28 ff.; loophole for
change in B.'s doctrine of, 29, 30,
33; of C., 184, 185, 193; of Heg.,
295
Considération sur la France (de

Maistre's): 298 n. I

Constant, B.: one of few French
utilitarians who was also indi-
vidualist, 304.

Continuity of history: Mon.'s and
Voltaire's ideas of, 276 ff., 288;
Hum.'s idea of, 336; B. on, 337
Contract theory of, 11 ff., 17 ff.;
Dryden's idea of, 13, and Milton's
13, and Bossuet's, 14 n. 2, and
Blackstone's, 15, and Plato's,
Althusius's, Grotius's, 22; Hob.'s
perversion of idea of, 22 ff.;
Hob.'s idea of its motives and
sanctions, 25 ff.; inconsistencies
in Hob.'s idea, 38 ff.; S.'s idea of,
69; comparison of ideas of S. and
L., 115, 116; S., Hob. and L.
compared, 132; the generally
assumed motives of, 135, 136;
L.'s notion of its conditions, 140;
resolved by L. into a contract and
a fiduciary trust, 145; L.'s avoid-
ance of the word 'contract,' 145 ff.
Mon.'s refutation of, 258, and
Hum.'s 321 ff., 328 ff.; its
diminished value in B., 41; B.
accepts it as historic fact but not
as basis of Right, 51; B.'s
notions of, 52, 53; B.'s interest
in it casual, 60, 61; K. on its
bearing on doctrines of punish-
ment, 74 ff.; K.'s hesitating
opinions of, 79 ff., 87 ff., and
ultimate depreciation, 84 ff.; K.'s
and R.'s doctrine compared, 88;
F.'s views on, 85 n. 2, 92, and
his limitation of its sanctity, 99;
F.'s sense of its bearing on com-
pulsion, 101 ff.; F. retains the

48 ff., 52, 54, 106 n. 1, 125 nn. I
and 2, 126 nn. 1 and 2, 127, 173,
174 n. 2, 262 n. 1, 272 n. 2, 280,
282, 283 n. 3, 296 n. 2, 298 n. 1,
52, 69, 73 n. 1, 76, 77, 91, 92, 96,
126, 187, 239

Contr'un (La Boëtie's): II
Croce: his Filosofia di Giambattista
Vico, 253 n. I

Dante on Church and State, 9;
named Homer of Tuscany' by
V., 241; his de Monarchia, I,
9 n. I
Danton: 67
Darwin

in relation to the doctrine
of evolution, 144, 156

De antiquissima Italorum sapientia
(Vico's): 238

De Cive (Hobbes'): 14, 19, 22 n. 3
Déclaration des droits de l'homme et
du citoyen, 38, 39, 42 n. 5, 77
nn. 4 and 5

Defensio pro populo Anglicano
(Milton's): 14 n. 2

Deffand, Mme. du: her epigram on
Mon., 262 n. I

Dei Delitti e delle Pene (Beccaria's):
137 n. 1; 74 n. 4

De Jure Belli et Pacis (Grotius's):
22, 267

De Jure naturae et gentium (Pufen-
dorf's): 128 n. 3

De l'Esprit (Helvétius'): 260 n. 2,
263 n. 1, 282

De l'Homme (Helvétius'): 260 n. 2,
263 n. I

De Maistre, J.: on Divine Right,
131; an inheritor from V., 240;
Mon.'s influence on, 298; con-
trasted with Mon. and B., 301;
on K.'s theory of punishment,
75 n. 3; affinity with F., 114,
and with C., 184

Democracy: S.'s idea of, 88, 119,

120; L.'s idea of, 140, 186; Mon.
on, 265; B.'s view of the 'multi-
tude,' 46, 47; C.'s opposition to,
184; Heg.'s and Maz.'s mistrust
of, 318

De Monarchia (Dante's): 1, 9 n. I
De nostri temporis studiorum ratione
(Vico's): 238

Des Cartes: a philosophic heir of

the Reformation, 17; V.'s opposi-
tion to, 237 ff.; his influence on
S. and on V., 251