David Fordyce

The Elements of Moral Philosophy

With a Brief Account of the Nature, Progress and Origin of Philosophy

Buch

Though little known today, David Fordyce was an important figure in the Scottish Enlightenment and closely associated with liberal Dissenters in England. His Elements of Moral Philosophy was a notable contribution to the curriculum in moral philosophy and a widely circulated text in moral philosophy in the second half of the eighteenth century. It was first published as part of a comprehensive textbook system in 1748 and as a separate book in 1754. It is the latter that is now being reissued. The significance of The Elements is evidenced by the fact that it was included practically verbatim in the first edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica… Mehr

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Produktdetails

ISBN: 978-0-86597-389-3
EAN: 9780865973893
Produktnummer: 4918516
Verlag: Liberty Fund Inc
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
Seitenangabe: 212 S.
Masse: H23.8 cm x B16.0 cm x D2.2 cm 536 g
Gewicht: 536
Sonstiges: Undergraduate

Über den Autor

David Fordyce (1711-1751) was one of the central figures of the Scottish Enlightenment. Fordyce was a teacher, and his lectures on A Brief Account of the Nature, Progress, and Origin of Philosophy are published here for the first time.