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SAVILL AND EDWARDS, PRINTERS, CHANDOS STREET,

COVENT GARDEN.

4 Peculiarities of man's nature, as compared with the other ani-

mals, which enable him to form a political government .

18

5 Limits of capacity for progressive improvement in animals—

domestication

36

6 Human society consists of numerous communities, each of a

limited size.

38

7 Conditions of a nation

39

8 Manner in which a nation is perpetuated; meaning of a gene-

ration.

41

44

9 The subjects included in politics; distinction between political

and social science examined

CHAPTER III.

On the Division of Politics into Departments.

δι Four departments of politics distinguished

2 Registration of political facts.

VOL. I.

b

7 Review of political writings, with reference to the above four

classes; first, period of antiquity

60

8 Second period-from the revival of letters to the end of the

17th century

10

9 Third eriod-from the beginning of the 18th century

Unconnected character of political writings; want of a common

standard of reference, and of a common method of treat-

ment

CHAPTER IV.

On the Technical Language of Politics.

3 The scientific meaning of a technical term ought to approxi-

mate to its popular meaning.

81

4 Its scientific meaning ought to be so defined as to admit of the

formation of true propositions

84

5 Technical terms ought to be used with an unvarying signi-

6 Tendency of popular usage to untechnicalize technical terms

in politics.

7 The connexion of politics with popular interests and feelings
operates in the same direction

8 Distinction between terminology and nomenclature in politics
9 Titles of offices do not form classes with common properties
10 Difficulty of rendering titles of offices, and other political
terms, from one language into another

II

102

General comparison of technical terms in politics and physics 107

CHAPTER V.

Upon the Methods of Observation in Politics.

Nature of the facts which are the subjects of observation in

politics

108

2 Observation may be assisted or unassisted; the latter alone

used in politics

108