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Essays on the active powers of man / Thomas Reid ; edited by Knud Haakonssen and James Harris.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reid, Thomas, 1710-1796.
- Series:
- Reid, Thomas, 1710-1796. Selections. 1996 ; Works. v. 7
- The Edinburgh Edition of Thomas Reid
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Act (Philosophy)--Early works to 1800.
- Act (Philosophy).
- Free will and determinism--Early works to 1800.
- Free will and determinism.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (417 p.)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- 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 .
- Contents:
- 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
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612748790
- 9780191795220
- 0191795224
- 9781282748798
- 1282748793
- 9780748642939
- 0748642935
- OCLC:
- 665581325
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