Essays on the principles of morality and natural religion / Henry Home (Lord Kames) ; with a new introduction by John Valdimir Price.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kames, Henry Home, Lord, 1696-1782.

Series:

Kames, Henry Home, Lord, 1696-1782. 1993 Works.

Thoemmes reprints

Collected works of Henry Home, Lord Kames

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ethics--Early works to 1800.

Ethics.

Physical Description:

ix, 380 pages ; 22 cm.

Place of Publication:

London : Routledge Thoemmes Press, 1993.

Summary:

During the 18th century, Henry Home achieved fame in Britain as one of Scotland's foremost men of letters. He was distinguished as jurist, literary critic and theorist, philosopher and innovator. His writings cover a range of diverse topics from the history and development of Scottish law, agriculture, critical theory, natural religion, practical and theoretical morality to educational theory and sociology.

Notes:

Originally published: Edinburgh : Printed for J. Bell, 1779. 3rd. ed.

ISBN:

0415081041

OCLC:

41130636