James Beattie : selected philosophical writings
著者
書誌事項
James Beattie : selected philosophical writings
（Library of Scottish philosophy）
Imprint Academic, c2004
- タイトル別名
-
Selected philosophical writings
- 統一タイトル
-
Selections
大学図書館所蔵 件 / 全3件
-
該当する所蔵館はありません
- すべての絞り込み条件を解除する
内容説明・目次
内容説明
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 that 'We all love Beattie'. Hume, on the other hand, described the Essay as 'a horrible large lie in octavo', and dismissed its author as a 'bigotted silly Fellow'. Although Beattie is no match for Hume as a philosopher, the success of the Essay suggests that, unlike Hume, Beattie voices the characteristic assumptions, and anxieties, of his age. The first part of this selection-the first ever made from Beattie's prose writings-includes several key chapters from the Essay on Truth, along with extracts from all of Beattie's other works on moral philosophy. The topics treated include memory, the existence of God, the nature of virtue, and slavery. The second part of the selection is devoted to Beattie's contributions to literary criticism and aesthetics. Beattie's studies of poetry, music, taste, and the sublime are vital to the understanding of the literary culture out of which developed the early Romanticism of Wordsworth and Coleridge.
目次
Introduction Chronology Beatties philosophical works Further reading Textual note Morals 1. Introduction to An Essay on Truth 2. Of the perception of truth in general 3. Of the rise and progress of modern scepticism 4. On the origins of the Essay on Truth: A letter to Thomas Blacklock 5. On memory 6. Beattie's division of moral philosophy 7. Of the existence of God 8. A first lesson in religion 9. Of the nature of virtue 10. Of the origin of civil governments 11. On slavery Criticism 12. On poetry 13. On music 14. Of taste and its improvement 15. Illustrations of sublimity
「Nielsen BookData」 より