Thomas Reid on Society and Politics

Thomas Reid; Knud Haakonssen; Paul Wood

Published by Edinburgh University Press 2015

Thomas Reid on Society and Politics

Thomas Reid , Knud Haakonssen and Paul Wood

In the series The Edinburgh Edition of Thomas Reid

https://doi.org/10.1515/9780748696659

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Reveals this Enlightenment philosopher’s acute comments on the Scottish political, social and economic scene

Thomas Reid published almost nothing on politics, but his manuscripts show that he was deeply concerned with social, political and economic issues throughout his career. Collected together here for the first time, Reid’s Glasgow lecture notes and his papers to learned societies in Aberdeen and Glasgow show that he was an acute commentator on contemporary politics and that he used his philosophy to formulate solutions to some of the practical political and economic problems of his day.

Opens up a different Enlightenment from that of David Hume and Adam Smith, Reid’s predecessor in the Glasgow chair of moral philosophy
Explores Reid’s eclectic system of political economy, which had considerable affinities with the work of Sir James Steuart
Illustrates an original use of traditional and contemporary ideas in European political thought, especially those of More, Harrington and Montesquieu
Traces the political implications of Reid’s common sense philosophy
Includes a contextualising and critical introduction
All of the manuscripts are fully annotated with explanatory and textual notes

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Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	v
Acknowledgements Publicly Available Download PDF	vi
The Manuscripts and Editorial Principles Publicly Available Download PDF	vii
Index of Manuscripts Publicly Available Download PDF	xi
Introduction Knud Haakonssen and Paul Wood Publicly Available Download PDF	xv
THE MANUSCRIPTS
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Part Two: Lectures on Politics Requires Authentication Unlicensed Licensed Download PDF	22
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Language: English
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Audience: College/higher education;
Pages
- Main content: 400
Keywords: Philosophy

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Published: January 14, 2015
ISBN: 9780748696659