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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459232603321

Autore

Reid Thomas <1710-1796.>

Titolo

Essays on the active powers of man [[electronic resource] /] / Thomas Reid ; edited by Knud Haakonssen and James Harris

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, 2010

ISBN

0-19-179522-4

1-282-74879-3

9786612748790

0-7486-4293-5

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (417 p.)

Collana

The Edinburgh Edition of Thomas Reid

Altri autori (Persone)

HaakonssenKnud <1947->

HarrisJames A (James Anthony)

Disciplina

121

Soggetti

Act (Philosophy)

Free will and determinism

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Editors' introduction; Note on the text; Mode of reference; CRITICAL TEXT; Essays on the Active Powers of Man; Contents; Introduction; Essay I: Of Active Power in General; Essay II: Of the Will; Essay III: Of the Principles of Action; Essay IV: Of the Liberty of Moral Agents; Essay V: Of Morals; Bibliography; Index of Names; General Index

Sommario/riassunto

Shows how principles of Common Sense philosophy are involved in volition, action and the ability to judge morally, giving an original twist to a libertarian and realist tradition that was prominently represented in eighteenth-century British thought .