_Honour is built upon a Passion in Human Nature, for which there is no Name_ _The Author's Reasons for Coining the Word Self-liking_ _How the Passion of Self-liking is discovered in Infants_ _A Definition of Honour, and what it is in Substance_ _The Author's Opinion illustrated by what we know of Dishonour or Shame_ _The different Symptoms of Pride and Shame in the Mechanism of Man_ _Are both the Result of the same Passion_ _The Word Honour, as it signifies a Principle of Courage and Virtue, is of Gothick Extraction_ _All Societies of Men are perpetually in Quest after Happiness_ _The true Reason, why no Nations can be govern'd without Religion, enquired into_ _Why no one Sort or Degree of Idolatry can be more or less absurd than another_ _For what Purpose all Religions may be equally serviceable_ _All Men are born with the Fear of an invisible Cause_ _The Usefulness of that Fear, as to Religion_ _The Impossibility of making_ Atheism _universally received_ _Religion no Invention of Politicians_ _The Benefit expected from the Notions of Honour_ _The Reasonableness of Mens Actions examined_ _How the Strictness of the Gospel came to be first disapproved of, and the Consequence_ _How Mens Actions may be inconsistent with their Belief_ _That many bad Christians were yet kept in Awe by the Fear of Shame, gave the first Handle to the Invention of Honour as a Principle_ _What it is we are afraid of in the Fear of Shame_ _Why the Principle of Honour has been of more Use to Society than that of Virtue_ _The Principle of Honour, clashing with Christianity_ _Reasons why the Church of_ Rome _endeavour'd to reconcile them_ _The real Design of_ Legends _and_ Romances _The Stratagems of the Church of_ Rome _to enslave the Laity_ _What gave Rise to the Custom of Duelling_ The Contents of the Second Dialogue. _Of the Principle of Honour in the fair Sex_ _The Motives of Women who turn Nuns, seldom Religious_ _Which is most serviceable to the Preservation of Chastity in Women, Religion, or Self-liking_ _How the Notions concerning the Principle of Honour came to be commonly received_ _The Qualifications thought Necessary in a Man of Honour_ _But Courage alone is sufficient to obtain the Title_ _When the Fashion of Duelling was at its greatest Height_ _Courts of Honour erected in_ France _Laws of Honour made by them to prevent Duelling_ _Why those Laws were the Reverse of all others_ _The Laws of Honour introduced as speaking_ _The Effect such Laws must have on Human Nature_ _The Arguments a true Christian would make use of to dissuade Men from Duelling_ _The Reasons why Men are despised who take Affronts without resenting them_ _No Scarcity of Believers in Christ_ _The Principle of Honour contrary to Christianity_ _Why the Principle of Honour is of greater Efficacy upon many than Religion_ _How Men may adore themselves_ _Equivalents for Swearing_