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The Elements of Moral Philosophy, with A Brief Account of the Nature, Progress, and Origin of Philosophy (Natural Law and Enlightenment Classics) - Softcover

Fordyce, David

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Synopsis

Though little known today, David Fordyce was an important figure in the Scottish Enlightenment and closely associated with liberal Dissenters in England. His Elements of Moral Philosophy was a notable contribution to the curriculum in moral philosophy and one of the most widely circulated texts in moral philosophy in the second half of the eighteenth century.

Thomas D. Kennedy is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Valparaiso University.

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David Fordyce (1711-1751) was one of the central figures of the Scottish Enlightenment. Fordyce was a teacher, and his lectures on A Brief Account of the Nature, Progress, and Origin of Philosophy are published here for the first time.

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