James Beattie

An Account of the Life and Writings of James Beattie, LL.D. Late Professor of Moral Philosophy and Logic in the Marischal College and University of Aberdeen. Including Many of His Original Letters. [With a Portrait.]

• Author(s): Sir William Forbes

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1807
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• Publisher: Unknown

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The Works of James Beattie, LL. D.: On memory and imagination

• Author(s): James Beattie

• Categories: Apologetics

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1809
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• Publisher: Unknown

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An account of the life and writings of James Beattie, including many of his original letters

• Author(s): sir William Forbes (6th bart.)

• Categories: Authors, Scottish

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1807
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• Publisher: Unknown

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James Beattie

• Author(s): James Harris

• Categories: Philosophy

• Type: Book
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• Published: 2012-10-03
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• Publisher: Andrews UK Limited

James Beattie (1735-1803) was appointed professor of moral philosophy and logic at Marischal College, Aberdeen, Scotland at the age of twenty-five. Though more fond of poetry than philosophy, he became part of the Scottish 'Common Sense' school of philosophy that included Thomas Reid and George Campbell. In 1770 Beattie published the work for which he is best known, An Essay on Truth, an abrasive attack on 'modern scepticism' in general, and on David Hume in particular, subsequently and despite Beattie's attack, Scotland's most famous philosopher. The Essay was a great success, earning its author an honorary degree from Oxford and an audience with George III. Samuel Johnson declared in 1772 ...

An Account of the Life and Writings of James Beattie, L.L.D...

• Author(s): Sir William Forbes

• Categories: Medicine

• Type: Book
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• Published: 1806
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• Publisher: Unknown

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