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Philosophy

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Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Created For = NAHSTE

Found in 45 Collections and/or Records:

EU Arts: Logic and History of Philosophy, 1905

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Identifier: BAI 1/2/3
Scope and Contents

8 booklets of notes taken at 91 lectures in Ancient Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh.

Dates: 1905

EU Arts: Moral Philosophy, 1906-1907

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Identifier: BAI 1/2/6
Scope and Contents

3 booklets of notes taken at 47 lectures in Moral Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, with one booklet of excercises.

Dates: 1906-1907

Excerpt from De Copia Verborum by Seneca

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Identifier: MS 80/ff. 1r-6r
Contents

Probably just an excerpt of a book titled De Copia Verborum, attributed by the scribe to Seneca.

Dates: early 14th century

Extracts of Terence, Seneca, Plautus, and Tullius.

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Identifier: MS 80/ff. 6r-9v
Contents

Passages and sentences by Terence, Seneca, Plautus, and Tullius.

Dates: early 14th century

Ferguson Scholarships certificate, 1909

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Identifier: BAI 7/2
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Certificate awarding Donald Macpherson Baillie an Honourable Mention, following an examination in Mental Philosophy.

Dates: 1909

Hiero by Xenophon of Athens, translated by Leonardo Aretino, 15th century

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Identifier: MS 119/ff. 1r-15r
Contents This section contains a translation of Xenophon’s Hiero. Xenophon was an ancient Greek philosopher. This text is a Dialogue about happiness between Hiero, the tyrant of Syracuse, and the lyric poet Simonides of Ceos. This version is by Italian humanist and historian Leonardo Aretino (commonly known as Leonardo Bruni).In this manuscript, the Prologue starts on f. 1r with the words Zenofontis tibi...
Dates: 15th century

Intellectual System, Natural Laws, c1780-c1803

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Identifier: Coll-204/13
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Volume contains notes on the philosophy of science and pedagogy.

Dates: c1780-c1803

Introductions, c1804

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Identifier: Coll-204/29
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Volume consists of drafts of numerous introductions to 'natural philosophy'. They discuss the use of terms and laws, concerned less with scientific facts than with how to study science itself.

Dates: c1804

James Gregory on mathematics, c1692

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Identifier: Coll-33/Folio E [017]
Scope and Contents

An essay on mathematics and scientific enquiry by James Gregory, younger brother of David Gregory.

Dates: c1692

J:G de cogitatione, before 1675

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Identifier: Coll-33/Folio C [178]
Scope and Contents

Thoughts on thought itself. Probably unrelated doodling on the reverse.

Dates: before 1675