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Thomas Reid - Essays on the Active Powers of Man.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: The Edinburgh Edition of Thomas ReidPublisher: Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2010Copyright date: ©2010Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (417 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780748642939
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Thomas Reid - Essays on the Active Powers of ManLOC classification:
  • B105.A35.R45 2010
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- 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.
Summary: 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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Intro -- 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.

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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