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An Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth is a 1770 book about truth by the Scottish philosopher and poet James Beattie.His major work, the book enjoyed great success but angered the philosopher David Hume and has been criticized for Beattie's tendency to denounce his opponents.
Beattie was prominent in arguing against the institution of slavery, [3] notably in his Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth (1770), and in Elements of Moral Science (1790–93), where he used the case of Dido Belle to argue the mental capacity of black people. [4] Beattie was an amateur cellist and member of the Aberdeen Musical Society.
The History of England from the Revolution to the Present Time in a Series of Letters to a Friend. Volume I (1778). Treatise on the Immutability of Moral Truth (1783). Letters on Education with Observations on Religions and Metaphysical Subjects (1790). Observations on the Reflections of the Rt. Hon. Edmund Burke, on the Revolution in France ...
1.1 Publication date of An Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth. 3 comments. 1.2 Eleve Consul. 4 comments. Toggle the table of contents.
This is a list of books and articles by and interviews with the British intellectual historian, Quentin Skinner. [1] Regarded as one of the founders of the Cambridge School of the history of political thought for his work on historical method, [2] Skinner's principal empirical focus as a historian has been on the history of Early Modern political thought.
Gibbs, F. W. Joseph Priestley: Adventurer in Science and Champion of Truth. London: Thomas Nelson and Sons, 1965. Holt, Anne. A Life of Joseph Priestley. London: Oxford University Press, 1931. Schofield, Robert E. The Enlightened Joseph Priestley: A Study of His Life and Work from 1773 to 1804. University Park: Pennsylvania State University ...
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