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Thomas Reid

Born

in Strachan, Kincardineshire, Scotland

April 26, 1710

Died

October 07, 1796

Genre

Philosophy, Christian

Influences

David Hume, Marcus Tullius Cicero, Thomas Aquinas, George Berkeley, Ge ...more

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The Reverend Thomas Reid FRSE, a religiously trained Scottish philosopher and a contemporary of David Hume, was the founder of the Scottish School of Common Sense and played an integral role in the Scottish Enlightenment. The early part of his life was spent in Aberdeen, Scotland, where he created the 'Wise Club' (a literary-philosophical association) and graduated from the University of Aberdeen. He was given a professorship at King's College, Aberdeen in 1752, where he wrote An Inquiry Into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense (published in 1764). Shortly afterwards he was given the prestigious Professorship of Moral Philosophy at the University of Glasgow when he was called to replace Adam Smith. He resigned from this positio ...more

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	An Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense: A Critical Edition by Thomas Reid, Derek R. Brookes (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 4.13 avg rating — 89 ratings — published 1764 — 186 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Inquiry and Essays by Thomas Reid, Keith Lehrer, Ronald E. Beanblossom (Editor) 3.84 avg rating — 63 ratings — published 1764 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man 4.21 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 1969 — 153 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Essays on The Active Powers of the Human Mind an Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principle of Common Sense 4.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1969 — 18 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Selections from the Scottish Philosophy of Common Sense by Thomas Reid, James Beattie, Adam Ferguson 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2008 — 47 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Essays on the Active Powers of Man 3.86 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1788 — 45 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Works of Thomas Reid, Volume 1 3.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1872 — 23 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thomas Reid's Inquiry and Essays 4.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1983	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Thomas Reid on Practical Ethics by Thomas Reid, Knud Haakonssen (Editor), James A. Harris (Editor) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2002 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Works of Thomas Reid, Volume 2 liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1872 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Let scholastic sophisters entangle themselves in their own cobwebs; I am resolved to take my own existence, and the existence of other things, upon trust; and to believe that snow is cold, and honey sweet, whatever they may say to the contrary. He must either be a fool, or want to make a fool of me, that would reason me out of my reason and senses.”
― Thomas Reid, Thomas Reid's Inquiry and Essays

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“If there are certain principles, as I think there are, which the' constitution of our nature leads us to believe, and which we are under a necessity to take for granted in the common concerns of life,' without being able to give a reason for them; these are what we call the principles of common sense; and what is manifestly contrary to them, is what we call absurd.”
― Thomas Reid, Thomas Reid's Inquiry and Essays

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“The chain is only as strong as its weakest link, for if that fails the chain fails and the object that it has been holding up falls to the ground.”
― Thomas Reid, Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man

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