Thomas Reid
THOMAS
REID
FAMOUS SCOTS SERIES
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FAMOUS SCOTS: SERIES
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CONTENTS
Boyhood and Ancestry: Strachan and the Valley of the Dee, 1710-1722 |
9 |
At Marischal College, 1722-1737 |
18 |
New Machar and David Hume, 1737-1751 |
30 |
Old Aberdeen: A Regent in King's College, 1751-1764 |
43 |
Universal Scepticism versus Inspired Common Sense: An 'Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense,' 1764 |
56 |
Glasgow College: The Professor of Moral Philosophy, 1764-1780 |
72 |
In Philosophical Retirement: Authorship in Old Age, 1780-1795 |
103 |
Inspired Common Sense and Causation: Active or Moral Power in Man |
118 |
The End, 1796 |
126 |
Retrospective and Critical |
133 |
Reid in the Nineteenth Century: Development of the Common Sense Philosophy: Reid in France: Reid and Hamilton: Reid and Scoto-Hegelian Idealism: Ethical or Theistic Final Faith |
144 |
This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.
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