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Philosophy

 Subject

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

Found in 65 Collections and/or Records:

Timothy L. S. Sprigge Archive

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1154
Scope and Contents The Sprigge collection of papers at E2008.47 is composed of: - curriculum vitae, life-diary (key events), and unpublished papers including 'What I believe' - photographs - obituaries - letters from philosophers, 1967-2003 - copy of Ph.D thesis: 'The limits of morals defined' - Spinoza - lecture notes - adult...
Dates: 1960-2009
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Unpublished essay entitled 'Answer to Messrs Crombie, Priestley, and Co.', by James Gregory, Professor of Medicine

 Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1931
Scope and Contents

Essay by James Gregory, Professor of Medicine, entitled 'Answer to Messrs Crombie, Priestley, and Co.', which is a reply to Alexander Crombie's Essay on philosophical necessity (London: 1793). Printed, but not apparently published. 512 pages, incomplete.

Dates: c 1793
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Vivisection in the Light of Philosophy and Modern Science, 1930

 Item
Identifier: Coll-1618/2/1/3/2/101
Scope and Contents

A publication, "Vivisection in the Light of Philosophy and Modern Science", issued by the Animal Defence and Anti-Vivisection Soceity (but copies could be obtained from the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Vivisection). M. Beddow Baily writes about the relationship between science and philosophies across religion.

Dates: 1930
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Records of OneKind animal welfare charity / Campaigns / Vivisection and Animal Experimentation / Leaflets and Pamphlets / Leaflets and Pamphlets Published by Other Animal Welfare Charities

Volume of philosophical tracts, in Latin

 Fonds — Box CLX-A-978
Identifier: Coll-1315
Scope and Contents

This is a manuscript volume, written on paper, and has 231 leaves, measuring 240mm by 170mm. It is bound in contemporary vellum over pasteboards.

Dates: 1649
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections

Volume of student lecture notes entitled "Heads of Dr. Ferguson's Lectures 1760", [1760 or 1768]

 Item — Box CLX-A-1591
Identifier: Coll-1848/20-0060
Scope and Contents

This item is a volume of student lecture notes entitled "Heads of Dr. Ferguson's Lectures 1760" [the date could also be read as "1768"], 44-page long, apparently by a student who attended Adam Ferguson's lectures at the University of Edinburgh. As the title suggests, these are the "heads" or outlines of the course, but with a fair bit of detail included. The lectures concern mankind in its divisions, social actions, forms of government, etc.

Dates: [1760 or 1768]
Found in: University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections / Smaller acquisitions collection