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Autore |
Reid Thomas <1710-1796.> |
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Titolo |
Essays on the active powers of man [[electronic resource] /] / Thomas Reid ; edited by Knud Haakonssen and James Harris |
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Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, 2010 |
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0-19-179522-4 |
1-282-74879-3 |
9786612748790 |
0-7486-4293-5 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (417 p.) |
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Collana |
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The Edinburgh Edition of Thomas Reid |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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HaakonssenKnud <1947-> |
HarrisJames A (James Anthony) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Act (Philosophy) |
Free will and determinism |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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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 . |
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