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Reid, Thomas 1710-1796

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Works: 425 works in 1,122 publications in 16 languages and 20,053 library holdings
Classifications: b1533, 192
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67 editions published between and 2009 in 3 languages and held by 1,153 libraries worldwide
"The fabric of the human mind is curious and wonderful, as well as that of the human body. The faculties of the one are with no less wisdom adapted to their several ends, than the organs of the other. Nay, it is reasonable to think, that as the mind is a nobler work and of a higher order than the body, even more of the wisdom and skill of the divine architect hath been employed in its structure. It is therefore a subject highly worthy of inquiry on its own account, but still more worthy on account of the extensive influence which the knowledge of it hath over every other branch of science"--Chapter. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved).
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113 editions published between and 2010 in English and French and held by 829 libraries worldwide
"A collection of essays by the 18th-century philosopher Thomas Reid, with notes and commentary. Included discussions of epistemology, ethics, free will, moral psychology and meta-ethics"--Provided by publisher.
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76 editions published between and 2005 in English and Polish and held by 825 libraries worldwide
"The psychology generally taught in England and this country for the last fifty years has been that of the Scotch school, of which Dr. Thomas Reid is the acknowledged head. The influence of the same doctrines is also apparent in the improved state of philosophy in several of the Continental nations, and particularly in France. Sir W. Hamilton dedicates his annotated edition of Reid's works to M. Cousin, the distinguished philosopher and statesman 'through whom Scotland has been again united intellectually to her old political ally, and the author's writings (the best result of Scottish speculation) made the basis of academical instruction in philosophy throughout the central nation of Europe.' The name of Reid, therefore, historically considered, is second to none among British psychologists and metaphysicians, with perhaps the single exception of Locke. His Essays on the intellectual powers of man have likewise intrinsic and peculiar merits, especially as a manual to be used by those who are just entering on the study. The spirit and tone are unexceptionable; the style has a freshness and an interest which betoken the original thinker; technicalities are also avoided to a great degree, by which means, and by the frequent use of familiar and sometimes homely comparisons and illustrations, much of the obscurity and perplexity, commonly objected to in metaphysical discussion, is removed. The notes are intended either to correct mistakes and supply defects in the text, or to bring down the history of the speculation to the present day. Most of them are from Sir W. Hamilton's edition of Reid, mentioned above. These, together with the extracts occasionally made from the Supplementary Dissertations, can hardly fail to convince the reader, that, when the whole of that work, as yet incomplete, is given to the public, it will constitute one of the most important contributions ever made to intellectual science. In order to make room for these additions it has been found necessary materially to abridge some portions of the original. On account of these changes, the division and numbering of the chapters have been altered in several instances, and some passages have been transposed. To give greater distinctness to the argument or exposition, sections have also been introduced"--Book. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved).
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4 editions published between and 1999 in English and held by 597 libraries worldwide
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9 editions published between and 1989 in English and held by 556 libraries worldwide
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4 editions published between and 1990 in English and held by 402 libraries worldwide
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7 editions published between and 2008 in English and Italian and held by 321 libraries worldwide
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62 editions published between and 2009 in 4 languages and held by 249 libraries worldwide
"The fabric of the human mind is curious and wonderful, as well as that of the human body. The faculties of the one are with no less wisdom adapted to their several ends, than the organs of the other. Nay, it is reasonable to think, that as the mind is a nobler work and of a higher order than the body, even more of the wisdom and skill of the divine architect hath been employed in its structure. It is therefore a subject highly worthy of inquiry on its own account, but still more worthy on account of the extensive influence which the knowledge of it hath over every other branch of science"--Chapter. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2009 APA, all rights reserved).
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5 editions published between and 1996 in English and held by 220 libraries worldwide
Best known as a moralist and one of the founders of the Scottish Common Sense school of philosophy, Thomas Reid was also an influential scientific thinker. Here, his work on the life sciences is studied in detail, bringing together unpublished transcripts of his most important papers on natural history, physiology and materialist metaphysics.
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16 editions published between and 1872 in English and held by 212 libraries worldwide
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14 editions published between and 1822 in English and held by 210 libraries worldwide
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5 editions published in in English and held by 183 libraries worldwide
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10 editions published between and 1983 in English and held by 181 libraries worldwide
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8 editions published between and 2003 in English and held by 176 libraries worldwide
"The Correspondence of Thomas Reid collects together all of the known letters to and from Reid in a fully annotated form. Letters already published by Sir William Hamilton and others have been re-edited, and roughly half of the letters included appear in print for the first time. Writing in 1802, Reid's disciple and biographer Dugald Stewart doubted that Reid's correspondence "would be generally interesting." This collection proves otherwise, for the letters illuminate virutally every aspect of Reid's life and career and, in some instances, provide us with invaluable evidence about activities otherwise undocumented in his manuscripts or published works. Through his correspondence we can trace his relations with contemporaries like David Hume and his colleagues at both King's College, Aberdeen, and the University of Glasgow, as well as his engagement with the most controversial philosophical, scientific and political issues of his day.
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8 editions published between and 2005 in English and held by 175 libraries worldwide
"Thomas Reid saw the three subjects of logic, rhetoric, and the fine arts as closely cohering aspects of one endeavor that he called the culture of the mind. This was a topic on which Reid lectured for many years in Glasgow, and this volume presents as near a reconstruction of these lectures as is now possible." "In addition, this volume continues the attractive combination of manuscript material and published work, in this case Reid's important and well-known essay on Aristotle's logic. This text was corrupted in earlier editions of Reid's works and is now restored to the state in which Reid left it."--BOOK JACKET.
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5 editions published between and 2009 in English and held by 132 libraries worldwide
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10 editions published in in English and held by 117 libraries worldwide
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6 editions published between and 2007 in English and held by 115 libraries worldwide
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14 editions published between and 1999 in English and held by 111 libraries worldwide
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4 editions published in in English and held by 66 libraries worldwide
 
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Essays on the active powers of the human mind
Alternative Names
Jui-te, Tʻo-ma-ssu, 1710-1796
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French (64)
German (14)
Italian (12)
Spanish (10)
Polish (9)
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Chinese (3)
Japanese (3)
Greek, Modern (2)
Korean (2)
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Irish (1)
Romanian (1)
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