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Philosophy

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Found in 65 Collections and/or Records:

EU Arts: Honours Moral Philosophy, 1907-1908

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Identifier: BAI 1/2/7
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5 booklets of notes and exercises in Honours Moral Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh.

Dates: 1907-1908
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor John Baillie, and Baillie Family Papers / Papers of John Baillie / Student notes

EU Arts: Logic and History of Philosophy, 1905

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Identifier: BAI 1/2/3
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8 booklets of notes taken at 91 lectures in Ancient Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh.

Dates: 1905
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor John Baillie, and Baillie Family Papers / Papers of John Baillie / Student notes

EU Arts: Moral Philosophy, 1906-1907

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Identifier: BAI 1/2/6
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3 booklets of notes taken at 47 lectures in Moral Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, with one booklet of excercises.

Dates: 1906-1907
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor John Baillie, and Baillie Family Papers / Papers of John Baillie / Student notes

Excerpt from De Copia Verborum by Seneca

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Identifier: MS 80/ff. 1r-6r
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Probably just an excerpt of a book titled De Copia Verborum, attributed by the scribe to Seneca.

Dates: early 14th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts / Composite manuscript including six texts

Expositio in Libros Posteriorum Aristotelis by Paul of Venice, 15th century

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Identifier: MS 118
Contents This manuscript contains Expositio in Libros Posteriorum Aristotelis by Paul of Venice (1369–1429), a scholastic philosopher, logician, theologian of the Hermits of the Order of Saint Augustine. The Expositio in Libros Posteriorum Aristotelis is a commentary on Aristotle’s Posterior Analytics that deals with the problems of logic and argumentation....
Dates: 15th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts

Extracts of Terence, Seneca, Plautus, and Tullius.

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Identifier: MS 80/ff. 6r-9v
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Passages and sentences by Terence, Seneca, Plautus, and Tullius.

Dates: early 14th century
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts / Composite manuscript including six texts

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Papers of Professor John Baillie, and Baillie Family Papers / Papers relating to Donald Macpherson Baillie

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Western Medieval Manuscripts / Composite manuscript containing thirteen texts

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Lecture Notes of John Robison

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
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Lecture Notes of John Robison