LEADER 02930nam 2200589Ia 450 001 9910785970403321 005 20230617030153.0 010 $a1-84540-446-7 010 $a1-283-69288-0 010 $a1-84540-447-5 035 $a(CKB)2670000000269694 035 $a(EBL)1049951 035 $a(OCoLC)817898342 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000795808 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12382122 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000795808 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10783050 035 $a(PQKB)11715297 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1049951 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1049951 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10614737 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL400538 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000269694 100 $a20040330d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aJames Beattie$b[electronic resource] $eselected philosophical writings /$fedited and introduced by James A. Harris 210 $aExeter $cImprint Academic$dc2004 215 $a1 online resource (232 p.) 225 0$aLibrary of Scottish philosophy ;$vv. 6 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-907845-71-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [203]-204). 327 $aCover; 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 Music 327 $aFourteen: Of Taste, and Its Improvement Fifteen: Illustrations of Sublimity; Back matter; Bibliography; Also available 330 $aJames Beattie (1735-1803) was appointed professor of moral philosophy and logic at Marischal College, Aberdeen, Scotland at the age of twenty-five. Though more fond of poetry than philosophy, he became part of the Scottish 'Common Sense' school of philosophy that included Thomas Reid and George Campbell. In 1770 Beattie published the work for which he is best known, An Essay on Truth, an abrasive attack on 'modern scepticism' in general, and on David Hume in particular, subsequently and desp... 410 0$aLibrary of Scottish Philosophy 606 $aPhilosophy, Scottish$y18th century 615 0$aPhilosophy, Scottish 676 $a192 700 $aBeattie$b James$f1735-1803.$0677906 701 $aHarris$b James A$g(James Anthony)$021959 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785970403321 996 $aJames Beattie$93783882 997 $aUNINA