Essays on the Active Powers of Man: Volume 7 in the Edinburgh Edition of Thomas Reid

by Thomas Reid, George Newenham Wright, Dugald Stewart

Essays on the Active Powers of Man (1788) was Thomas Reid's last major work. It was conceived as part of one large work, intended as a final synoptic statement of his overall philosophy. The first and larger part was published three years earlier as Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man (edited as volume 3 of the Edinburgh Edition of Thomas Reid). These two works are united by Reid's basic philosophy of Common Sense, which...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 027103789X
• ISBN13: 9780271037899
• Release Date: August 2010
• Publisher: Penn State University Press
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.67 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.5" x 9.4"