CHAPTER I BOYHOOD AND ANCESTRY: STRACHAN AND THE VALLEY OF THE DEE 1710-1722 CHAPTER II AT MARISCHAL COLLEGE 1722-1737 CHAPTER III NEW MACHAR AND DAVID HUME 1737-1751 CHAPTER IV OLD ABERDEEN: A REGENT IN KING'S COLLEGE 1751-1764 CHAPTER V UNIVERSAL SCEPTICISM VERSUS INSPIRED COMMON SENSE: AN CHAPTER VI GLASGOW COLLEGE: THE PROFESSOR OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY 1764-1780 CHAPTER VII PHILOSOPHICAL RETIREMENT: AUTHORSHIP IN OLD AGE 1780-1795 CHAPTER VIII INSPIRED COMMON SENSE AND CAUSATION: ACTIVE OR MORAL POWER IN MAN CHAPTER X RETROSPECTIVE AND CRITICAL CHAPTER XI REID IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: DEVELOPMENT OF THE THOMAS REID FAMOUS SCOTS SERIES The following Volumes are now ready:—
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