James Beattie : selected philosophical writings / edited and introduced by James A. Harris.

By:

Beattie, James, 1735-1803

Contributor(s):

Harris, James A. (James Anthony)

Material type: Text

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781845404468
1845404467
0907845711
9780907845713
1283692880
9781283692885
1845404475
9781845404475

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Electronic books.

Additional physical formats: Print version:: James Beattie.DDC classification:

192 22

LOC classification:

B1403.B51 H37 2004eb

Other classification:

08.24
CF 1802
5,1

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Contents:

Cover; Contents; Front matter; Title page; Copyright page; Series Editor's Note; Introduction; Chronology; Body matter; One: Introduction to 'An Essay on Truth'; Two: Of the Perception of Truth in General; Three: The Rise and Progress of Modern Scepticism; Four: On the Origins of the 'Essay on Truth'; Five: On Memory; Six: Beattie's Division of Moral Philosophy; Seven: Of the Existence of God; Eight: A First Lesson in Religion; Nine: Of the Nature of Virtue; Ten: Of the Origin of Civil Governments; Eleven: On Slavery; Twelve: On Poetry; Thirteen: On Music

Fourteen: Of Taste, and Its Improvement Fifteen: Illustrations of Sublimity; Back matter; Bibliography; Also available

Summary: Essays by James Beattie.Summary: 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 study 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.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-204).

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Essays by James Beattie.

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 study 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.

Fourteen: Of Taste, and Its Improvement Fifteen: Illustrations of Sublimity; Back matter; Bibliography; Also available

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