02927nam 2200601Ia 450 991080881980332120240313064104.01-84540-446-71-283-69288-01-84540-447-5(CKB)2670000000269694(EBL)1049951(OCoLC)817898342(SSID)ssj0000795808(PQKBManifestationID)12382122(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000795808(PQKBWorkID)10783050(PQKB)11715297(MiAaPQ)EBC1049951(Au-PeEL)EBL1049951(CaPaEBR)ebr10614737(CaONFJC)MIL400538(EXLCZ)99267000000026969420040330d2004 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrJames Beattie selected philosophical writings /edited and introduced by James A. Harris1st ed.Exeter Imprint Academicc20041 online resource (232 p.)Library of Scottish philosophy ;v. 6Description based upon print version of record.0-907845-71-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. [203]-204).Cover; Contents; Front matter; Title page; Copyright page; Series Editor's Note; Introduction; Chronology; Body matter; One: Introduction to 'An Essay on Truth'; Two: Of the Perception of Truth in General; Three: The Rise and Progress of Modern Scepticism; Four: On the Origins of the 'Essay on Truth'; Five: On Memory; Six: Beattie's Division of Moral Philosophy; Seven: Of the Existence of God; Eight: A First Lesson in Religion; Nine: Of the Nature of Virtue; Ten: Of the Origin of Civil Governments; Eleven: On Slavery; Twelve: On Poetry; Thirteen: On MusicFourteen: Of Taste, and Its Improvement Fifteen: Illustrations of Sublimity; Back matter; Bibliography; Also availableJames Beattie (1735-1803) was appointed professor of moral philosophy and logic at Marischal College, Aberdeen, Scotland at the age of twenty-five. Though more fond of poetry than philosophy, he became part of the Scottish 'Common Sense' school of philosophy that included Thomas Reid and George Campbell. In 1770 Beattie published the work for which he is best known, An Essay on Truth, an abrasive attack on 'modern scepticism' in general, and on David Hume in particular, subsequently and desp...Library of Scottish PhilosophyPhilosophy, Scottish18th centuryPhilosophy, Scottish192Beattie James1735-1803.677906Harris James A(James Anthony)21959MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910808819803321James Beattie4050821UNINA