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Thomas Reid was one of the greatest thinkers of the Scottish Enlightenment. In his own time he was seen as the most able opponent of the scepticism of David Hume and the architect of 'Common Sense' philosophy. His ideas were immensely influential both in his native Scotland and abroad, and the last forty years have seen a marked revival of interest in his work. Reid published very little about religion and his notes from the lectures on natural theology that he regularly gave have not survived. This volume — a companion to Thomas Reid: Selected Philosophical Writings (Imprint Academic, 2012) — makes available material from Reid's autograph manuscripts, housed in the University of Aberdeen Library, and student notes of Reid’s lectures, edited from original manuscripts in Aberdeen, Edinburgh and Glasgow. It includes an introductory essay by Nicholas Wolterstorff, a leading philosopher of religion and interpreter of Reid.
Credit: John Haldane, University of St Andrews, Scotland

"After a century and a half of neglect, Thomas Reid is now recognised as one of the great philosophers of the Scottish Enlightenment. To date, however, our sources on his thinking about religion have been partial, fragmentary and inadequately documented. James Foster deserves praise and thanks for his careful work in assembling and editing the fruits of his research on several sets of student notes and material in Reid's own hand. The book marks a highlight in what has already proved to be an invaluable series for bringing the thought of Scottish philosophers to a broad readership."

Source: Introduction

Credit: Nicholas Wolterstorff

"Foster has brought to light, in a much more satisfactory form than hitherto, this essential component of Reid's thought."
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- Product Detail: 1 Trade paperback (US), Trade paperback (UK)
- Publication Date: 01 September 2017
- ISBN-13: 9781845409289
- Product Content: Text (eye-readable)
- Extent: Main content page count : 220
- Code: 9781845409289
- Dimensions: 13.5 x 21 x 1.6 cm
- Weight: 300 grams
- Packaging Type: No outer packaging
- List Price: £14.95
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Title: Thomas Reid on Religion
Edited by: James J.S. Foster
Introduction by: Nicholas Wolterstorff
Collection: Library of Scottish Philosophy
Language: English
Publisher: Imprint Academic
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