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STEWART, Dugald. Philosophical Essays. Edinburgh: Printed by George Ramsay and Company For William Creech, And Archibald Constable..., 1810. First edition. 4to., late 19th century half morocco, cloth, raised bands, gilt compartments, xii, Ixxvi, 590pp. (With the halftitle). Name on the verso of the front free e/paper o/w a fine copy. This work was part of the ongoing debate, held particularly between Francis Jeffrey and Dugald Stewart, that had begun with Stewart's publication of An Account of the Life and Writings of Thomas Reid. In the present work Stewart notes that |
"in order to prepare the way for a just and comprehensive system of logic, a previous study of our nature [Stewart had noted Aristotle's apparent omission of the need for improvement of the mind], considered as one great whole, is indispensably requisite. To establish this fundamental principle, and to exemplify it in some of its practical applications, was one of the main objects I had in view when I first entered upon my inquiries into the Human Mind." $1,500.00 |
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