Reid's refutation of the theory of ideas in the Inquiry ranks as one of the most rigorous applications of the Newtonian method to the science of the mind to appear in the eighteenth century
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This copy handsomely preserved and bearing the bookplate of William Mackenzie
Good condition in original limp cloth
for Christopher Meredith at the Signe of the Crane in Pauls Church-yard
1846 SCOTTISH PRESBYTERIAN. Rare Satirical Novel on the Great Disruption - Chalmers, M'Cheyne, &c. Moravians Reid's refutation of the theory1846 Novel on the Great Disruption of the Scottish Free Church. Rare. A fascinating quasi historical novel regarding the then recent events of the Great Disruption, leading to the formation of the Scottish Free Church, home of Thomas Chalmers, Robert Murray MCheyne, the Brothers Bonar, etc., It is largely fictionalized with slightly satirical figures like Rev. Simon MQuirkle, etc., It was meant to be a light hearted take on the controversy that had