Essays on the Active Powers of Man.
| Author/creator | Reid, Thomas Author |
| Other author | Haakonssen, Knud Editor |
| Other author | Brookes, Derek Editor |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press Abingdon : Marston Book Services, Limited [Distributor] |
| Description | 432 p. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Edinburgh Edition of Thomas Reid Ser. |
| Summary | Annotation The Essays on the Active Powers of Man (1788) was Thomas Reid's last major work. It was conceived as part of one large work, intended as a final synoptic statement of his philosophy. The first and larger part was published three years earlier as Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man (edited as vol. 3 of the Edinburgh Edition of Thomas Reid). These two works are united by Reid's basic philosophy of common sense, which sets out native principles by which the mind operates in both its intellectual and active aspects. The Active Powers shows how these principles are involved in volition, action, and the ability to judge morally. Reid gives an original twist to a libertarian and realist tradition that was prominently represented in eighteenth-century British thought by such thinkers as Samuel Clarke and Richard Price. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| ISBN | 9780748617081 |
| ISBN | 0748617086 (Trade Cloth) Active Record |
| Stock number | 00006328 |
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