Table of Contents of Cato's Letters (Nov. 1720 - Dec. 1723)
(6th ed. 1755)
[Created: 23 February, 2023]
[Updated:
3 May, 2024]
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| DATE | AUTHOR | TITLE | LOCATION | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1720-11-05 | Gordon | Reasons to prove that we are in no Danger of losing Gibraltar. | CL1-001, p. 001 | |
| 1720-11-12 | Gordon | The fatal Effects of the South-Sea Scheme, and the Necessity of punishing the Directors. | CL1-002, p. 005 | |
| 1720-11-19 | Gordon | The pestilent Conduct of the South-Sea Directors, with the reasonable Prospect of publick Justice. | CL1-003, p. 010 | |
| 1720-11-26 | Gordon | Against false Methods of restoring Publick Credit. | CL1-004, p. 015 | |
| 1720-12-03 | Gordon | A further Call for Vengeance upon the South-Sea Plunderers; with a Caution against false Patriots. | CL1-005, p. 020 | |
| 1720-12-10 | Gordon | How easily the People are bubbled by Deceivers. Further Caution against deceitful Remedies for the publick Sufferings from the wicked Execution of the South-Sea Scheme. | CL1-006, p. 025 | |
| 1720-12-17 | Gordon | Further Cautions about new Schemes for publick Redress. | CL1-007, p. 030 | |
| 1720-12-24 | Gordon | The Arts of able guilty Ministers to save themselves. The wise and popular Conduct of Queen Elizabeth towards publick Harpies; with the Application. | CL1-008, p. 036 | |
| 1720-12-31 | Trenchard | Against the projected Union of the Three Great Companies; and against remitting to the South-Sea Company any Part of their Debt to the Publick. | CL1-009, p. 042 | |
| 1721-01-03 | Trenchard and Gordon | The Iniquity of late and new Projects about the South-Sea considered. How fatally they affect the Publick. | CL1-010, p. 051 | |
| 1721-01-07 | Gordon | The Justice and Necessity of punishing great Crimes, though committed against no subsisting Law of the State. | CL1-011, p. 066 | |
| 1721-01-14 | Trenchard | Of Treason. All Treasons not to be found in Statutes. The Right of the Legislature to declare Treasons. | CL1-012, p. 074 | |
| 1721-01-21 | Trenchard | The Arts of misleading the People by Sounds. | CL1-013, p. 083 | |
| 1721-01-28 | Trenchard | The unhappy State of despotick Princes, compared with the happy Lot of such as rule by settled Laws. How the latter, by abusing their Trust, may forfeit their Crown. | CL1-014, p. 088 | |
| 1721-02-04 | Gordon | Of Freedom of Speech. That the same is inseparable from publick Liberty. | CL1-015, p. 096 | |
| 1721-02-11 | Gordon | The Leaders of Parties, their usual Views. Advice to all Parties to be no longer misled. | CL1-016, p. 104 | |
| 1721-02-18 | Trenchard | What Measures are actually taken by wicked and desperate Ministers to ruin and enslave their Country. | CL1-017, p. 111 | |
| 1721-02-25 | Trenchard | The terrible Tendency of publick Corruption to ruin a State, exemplified in that of Rome, and applied to our own. | CL1-018, p. 117 | |
| 1721-03-04 | Gordon | The Force of popular Affection and Antipathy to particular Men. How powerfully it operates, and how far to be regarded. | CL1-019, p. 124 | |
| 1721-03-11 | Trenchard | Of publick Justice, how necessary to the Security and Well-being of a State, and how destructive the Neglect of it to the British Nation. Signal Instances of it. | CL1-020, p. 131 | |
| 1721-03-18 | Gordon | A Letter from John Ketch, Esq. asserting his Right to the Necks of the over-grown Brokers. | CL1-021, p.144 | |
| 1721-03-25 | Trenchard and Gordon | The Judgment of the People generally sound, where not misled. With the Importance and Probability of bringing over Mr. Knight. | CL1-022, p.153 | |
| 1721-04-01 | Gordon | A memorable Letter from Brutus to Cicero, with an explanatory Introduction. | CL1-023, p. 163 | |
| 1721-04-08 | Gordon | Of the natural Honesty of the People, and their reasonable Demands. How important it is to every Government to consult their Affections and Interest. | CL1-024, p. 177 | |
| 1721-04-15 | Gordon | Considerations on the destructive Spirit of arbitrary Power. With the Blessings of Liberty, and our own Constitution. | CL1-025, p. 184 | |
| 1721-04-22 | Gordon | The sad Effects of general Corruption, quoted from Algernon Sidney, Esq. | CL1-026, p. 195 | |
| 1721-04-29 | Gordon | General Corruption, how ominous to the Publick, and how discouraging to every virtuous Man. With its fatal Progress whenever encouraged. | CL1-027, p. 202 | |
| 1721-05-06 | Gordon | A Defence of Cato against his Defamers. | CL1-028, p. 210 | |
| 1721-05-13 | Gordon | Reflections occasioned by an Order of Council for suppressing certain impious Clubs that were never discovered. | CL1-029, p. 218 | |
| 1721-05-20 | Gordon | An excellent Letter from Brutus to Atticus; with an explanatory Introduction. | CL1-030, p. 227 | |
| 1721-05-27 | Gordon | Considerations on the Weakness and Inconsistencies of human Nature. | CL1-031, p. 237 | |
| 1721-06-10 | Gordon | Reflections upon Libelling. | CL1-032, p. 246 | |
| 1721-06-17 | Gordon | Cautions against the natural Encroachments of Power. | CL1-033, p. 255 | |
| 1721-06-24 | Gordon | Of Flattery. | CL2-034, p. 003 | |
| 1721-07-01 | Gordon | Of publick Spirit. | CL2-035, p. 011 | |
| 1721-07-08 | Gordon | Of Loyalty. | CL2-036, p. 018 | |
| 1721-07-15 | Gordon | Character of a good and of an evil Magistrate, quoted from Algernon Sidney, Esq. | CL2-037, p. 028 | |
| 1721-07-22 | Gordon | The Right and Capacity of the People to judge of Government. | CL2-038, p. 034 | |
| 1721-07-29 | Gordon | Of the Passions; that they are all alike good or all alike evil, according as they are applied. | CL2-039, p. 043 | |
| 1721-08-05 | Gordon | Considerations on the restless and selfish Spirit of Man. | CL2-040, p. 050 | |
| 1721-08-19 | Gordon | The Emperor Galba’s Speech to Piso, with an Introduction. | CL2-041, p. 056 | |
| 1721-08-26 | Gordon | Considerations on the Nature of Laws. | CL2-042, p. 064 | |
| 1721-09-02 | Gordon | The natural Passion of Men for Superiority. | CL2-043, p. 071 | |
| 1721-09-09 | Gordon | Men not ruled by Principle, but by Passion. | CL2-044, p. 044 | |
| 1721-09-16 | Gordon | Of the Equality and Inequality of Men. | CL2-045, p. 085 | |
| 1721-09-23 | Gordon | Of the false Guises which Men put on, and their ill Effect. | CL2-046, p. 091 | |
| 1721-10-07 | Gordon | Of the Frailty and Uncertainty of human Judgment. | CL2-047, p. 097 | |
| 1721-10-14 | Gordon | The general unhappy State of the World, ftom the Baseness and Iniquity of its Governors in most Countries. | CL2-048, p. 104 | |
| 1721-10-21 | Gordon | Of the Power of Prejudice. | CL2-049, p. 112 | |
| 1721-10-28 | Gordon | An Idea of the Turkish Government, taken from Sir Paul Ricaut. | CL2-050, p. 120 | |
| 1721-11-04 | Gordon | Popularity no Proof of Merit. | CL2-051, p. 128 | |
| 1721-11-11 | Gordon | Of Divine Judgments; the Wickedness and Absurdity of applying them to Men and Events. | CL2-052, p. 135 | |
| 1721-11-18 | Gordon | Dr. Prideaux's Reasoning about the Death of Cambyses, examined; whether the same was a Judgment for his killing the Egyptian God Apis. | CL2-053, p. 144 | |
| 1721-11-25 | Gordon | The Reasoning of Dr. Prideaux about the Fate of Brennus the Gaul, and of his Followers, examined; whether the same was a Judgment for an Intention to plunder the Temple of Delphos. | CL2-054, p. 152 | |
| 1721-12-02 | Gordon | The Lawfulness of killing Julius Caesar considered, and defended, against Dr. Prideaux. | CL2-055, p. 165 | |
| 1721-12-09 | Gordon | A Vindication of Brutus, for having killed Caesar. | CL2-056, p. 177 | |
| 1721-12-16 | Gordon | Of false Honour, publick and private. | CL2-057, p. 192 | |
| 1721-12-23 | Trenchard, and Gordon | Letter from a Lady, with an Answer, about Love, Marriage, and Settlements. | CL2-058, p. 201 | |
| 1721-12-30 | Trenchard | Liberty proved to be the unalienable Right of all Mankind. | CL2-059, p. 214 | |
| 1722-01-06 | Trenchard | All Government proved to be instituted by Men, and only to intend the general Good of Men. | CL2-060, p. 226 | |
| 1722-01-13 | Trenchard | How free Governments are to be framed so as to last, and how they differ from such as are arbitrary. | CL2-061, p. 236 | |
| 1722-01-20 | Gordon | An Enquiry into the Nature and Extent of Liberty; with its Loveliness and Advantages, and the vile Effects of Slavery. | CL2-062, p. 244 | |
| 1722-01-27 | Gordon | Civil Liberty produces all Civil Blessings, and how; with the baneful Nature of Tyranny. | CL2-063, p. 257 | |
| 1722-02-03 | Trenchard | Trade and Naval Power the Offspring of Civil Liberty only, and cannot subsist without it. | CL2-064, p. 267 | |
| 1722-02-10 | Gordon | Military Virtue produced and supported by Civil Liberty only. | CL2-065, p. 278 | |
| 1722-02-17 | Gordon | Arbitrary Government proved incompatible with true Religion, whether Natural or Revealed. | CL2-066, p. 292 | |
| 1722-02-24 | Gordon | Arts and Sciences the Effects of Civil Liberty only, and ever destroyed or oppressed by Tyranny. | CL2-067, p. 305 | |
| 1722-03-03 | Gordon | Property and Commerce secure in a free Government only; with the consuming Miseries under simple Monarchies. | CL2-068, p. 321 | |
| 1722-03-10 | Trenchard | Address to the Freeholders, &c. about the Choice of their Representatives. | CL3-069, p. 003 | |
| 1722-03-17 | Gordon | Second Address to the Freeholders, &c. upon the same Subject. | CL3-070, p. 012 | |
| 1722-03-31 | Gordon | Polite Arts and Learning naturally produced in free States, and marred by such as are not free. | CL3-071, p. 027 | |
| 1722-04-07 | Gordon | In absolute Monarchies the Monarch seldom rules, but his Creatures instead of him. That Sort of Government a Gradation of Tyrants. | CL3-072, p. 041 | |
| 1722-04-21 | Gordon | A Display of Tyranny, its destructive Nature, and Tendency to dispeople the Earth. | CL3-073, p. 055 | |
| 1722-04-28 | Gordon | The Vanity of Conquerors, and the Calamities attending Conquests. | CL3-074, p. 067 | |
| 1722-05-05 | Gordon | Of the Restraints which ought to be laid upon publick Rulers. | CL3-075, p. 075 | |
| 1722-05-12 | Gordon | The same Subject continued. | CL3-076, p. 084 | |
| 1722-05-19 | Trenchard | Of superstitious Fears, and their Causes natural and accidental. | CL3-077, p. -90 | |
| 1722-05-26 | Trenchard | The common Notion of Spirits, their Power and Feats, exposed. | CL3-078, p. 099 | |
| 1722-06-02 | Trenchard | A further Detection of the vulgar Absurdities about Ghosts and Witches. | CL3-079, p. 108 | |
| 1722-06-09 | Trenchard | That the two great Parties in England do not differ so much as they think in Principles of Politicks. | CL3-080, p. 118 | |
| 1722-06-16 | Trenchard | The Established Church of England in no Danger from Dissenters. | CL3-081, p. 125 | |
| 1722-06-23 | Trenchard | The Folly and Characters of such as would overthrow the present Establishment. | CL3-082, p. 132 | |
| 1722-06-30 | Trenchard | The vain Hopes of the Pretender and his Party. | CL2-083, p. 141 | |
| 1722-07-07 | Trenchard | Property the first Principle of Power. The Errors of our Princes who attended not to this. | CL3-084, p. 150 | |
| 1722-07-14 | Trenchard | Britain incapable of any Government but a limited Monarchy; with the Defects of a neighbouring Republick. | CL3-085, p. 159 | |
| 1722-07-21 | Trenchard | The terrible Consequences of a War to England, and Reasons against engaging in one. | CL3-086, p. 166 | |
| 1722-07-28 | Trenchard | Gold and Silver in a Country to be considered only as Commodities. | CL3-087, p. 176 | |
| 1722-08-04 | Trenchard | The Reasonableness and Advantage of allowing the Exportation of Gold and Silver, with the Impossibility of preventing the same. | CL3-088, p. 184 | |
| 1722-08-11 | Trenchard | Every Man's true Interest found in the general Interest. How little this is considered. | CL3-089, p. 192 | |
| 1722-08-18 | Trenchard | Monopolies and exclusive Companies, how pernicious to Trade. | CL3-090, p. 199 | |
| 1722-08-25 | Trenchard | How exclusive Companies influence and hurt our Government. | CL3-091, p. 206 | |
| 1722-09-01 | Trenchard | Against the Petition of the South-Sea Company, for a Remittance of Two Millions of their Debt to the Publick. | CL3-092, p. 213 | |
| 1722-09-08 | Gordon | An Essay upon Heroes. | CL3-093, p. 224 | |
| 1722-09-15 | Trenchard and Gordon | Against Standing Armies. | CL3-094, p. 234 | |
| 1722-09-22 | Trenchard | Further Reasonings against Standing Armies. | CL3-095, p. 244 | |
| 1722-09-29 | Gordon | Of Parties in England; how they vary, and interchange Characters, just as they are in Power, or out of it, yet still keep their former Names. | CL3-096, p. 258 | |
| 1722-10-06 | Trenchard | How much it is the Interest of Governors to use the Governed well; with an Enquiry into the Causes of Disaffection in England. | CL3-097, p. 266 | |
| 1722-10-13 | Trenchard | Address to the Members of the House of Commons. | CL3-098, p. 275 | |
| 1722-10-20 | Gordon | The important Duty of Attendance in Parliament, recommended to the Members. | CL3-099, p. 283 | |
| 1722-10-27 | Trenchard | Discourse upon Libels. | CL3-100, p. 292 | |
| 1722-11-03 | Trenchard | Second Discourse upon Libels. | CL3-101, p. 300 | |
| 1722-11-10 | Trenchard | The Contemptibleness of Grandeur without Virtue. | CL3-102, p. 307 | |
| 1722-11-17 | Trenchard | Of Eloquence, considered politically. | CL3-103, p. 313 | |
| 1722-11-24 | Gordon | Of Eloquence, considered philosophically. | CL3-104, p. 322 | |
| 1722-12-01 | Trenchard | Of the Weakness of the human Mind; how easily it is misled. | CL3-105, p. 330 | |
| 1722-12-08 | Trenchard | Of Plantations and Colonies. | CL4-106, p. 003 | |
| 1722-12-15 | Trenchard | Of publick Credit and Stocks. | CL4-107, p. 012 | |
| 1722-12-22 | Trenchard | Inquiry into the Source of moral Virtues. | CL4-108, p. 024 | |
| 1722-12-29 | Trenchard | Inquiry into the Origin of Good and Evil. | CL4-109, p. 031 | |
| 1723-01-05 | Trenchard | Of Liberty and Necessity. | CL4-110, p. 038 | |
| 1723-01-12 | Trenchard | The same Subject continued. | CL4-111, p. 047 | |
| 1723-01-19 | Trenchard | Fondness for Posterity nothing else but Self-love. Such as are Friends to publick Liberty, are the only true Lovers of Posterity. | CL4-112, p. 058 | |
| 1723-01-26 | Gordon | Letter to Cato, concerning his many Adversaries and Answerers. | CL4-113, p. 065 | |
| 1723-02-02 | Trenchard | The necessary Decay of Popish States shewn from the Nature of the Popish Religion. | CL4-114, p. 073 | |
| 1723-02-09 | Trenchard | The encroaching Nature of Power, ever to be watched and checked. | CL4-115, p. 081 | |
| 1723-02-16 | Trenchard | That whatever moves and acts, does so mechanically and necessarily. | CL-116, p. 086 | |
| 1723-02-23 | Gordon | Of the Abuse of Words, applied more particularly to the covetous Man and the Bigot. | CL4-117, p. 096 | |
| 1723-03-02 | Gordon | Free states vindicated from the common Imputation of Ingratitude. | CL4-118, p. 104 | |
| 1723-03-09 | Gordon | The same Subject continued. | CL4-119, p. 112 | |
| 1723-03-16 | Trenchard | Of the proper Use of Words. | CL4-120, p. 118 | |
| 1723-03-23 | Gordon | Of Good Breeding. | CL4-121, p. 126 | |
| 1723-03-30 | Trenchard | Inquiry concerning the Operations of the Mind of Man, and those of other Animals. | CL4-122, p. 133 | |
| 1723-04-06 | Gordon | Inquiry concerning Madness, especially religious Madness, called Enthusiasm. | CL4-123, p. 144 | |
| 1723-04-13 | Trenchard | Further Reasonings upon Enthusiasm. | CL4-124, p. 152 | |
| 1723-04-20 | Gordon | The Spirit of the Conspirators, Accomplices with Dr. Atterbury, in 1723, considered and exposed. | CL4-125, p. 163 | |
| 1723-04-27 | Gordon | Address to those of the Clergy who are fond of the Pretender and his Cause. | CL4-126, p. 173 | |
| 1723-05-04 | Gordon | The same Address continued. | CL4-127, p. 181 | |
| 1723-05-11 | Trenchard | Address to such of the Laity as are Followers of the disaffected Clergy, and of their Accomplices. | CL4-128, p. 188 | |
| 1723-05-18 | Gordon | The same Address continued. | CL4-129, p. 197 | |
| 1723-05-25 | Trenchard | The same Address continued. | CL4-130, p. 207 | |
| 1723-06-01 | Gordon | Of Reverence true and false. | CL4-131, p. 216 | |
| 1723-06-08 | Trenchard | Inquiry into the Doctrine of Hereditary Right. | CL4-132, p. 225 | |
| 1723-06-15 | Trenchard | Of Charity, and Charity-Schools. | CL4-133, p. 236 | |
| 1723-06-29 | Gordon | What small and foolish Causes often misguide and animate the Multitude. | CL4-134, p. 247 | |
| 1723-07-06 | Gordon | Inquiry into the indelible Character claimed by some of the Clergy. | CL4-135, p. 254 | |
| 1723-07-13 | Trenchard | The Popish Hierarchy deduced in a great Measure from that of the Pagans. | CL4-136, p. 265 | |
| 1723-07-20 | Trenchard | Of the different and absurd Notions which Men entertain of God. | CL4-137, p. 274 | |
| 1723-07-27 | Trenchard and Gordon | Cato's Farewell. | CL4-138, p. 281 | |
| 1723-08-24 | Gordon | That ambitious Princes rule and conquer only for their own Sakes; illustrated in a Dialogue between Alexander the Great and a Persian. | CL4-a1, p. 291 | |
| 1723-09-14 | Gordon | Considerations upon the Condition of an absolute Prince. | CL4-a2, p. 299 | |
| 1723-11-02 | Gordon | The same Subject continued. | CL4-a3, p. 305 | |
| 1723-11-09 | Trenchard | The same Subject continued. | CL4-a4, p. 314 | |
| 1723-11-30 | Gordon | Considerations upon the Condition of Prime Ministers of State. | CL4-a5, p. 322 | |
| 1723-12-07 | Gordon | The same Subject continued. | CL4-a6, p. 328 |