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“must acknowledge, that to act properly is much more valuable than to think justly or reason acutely.”

Book:Essays on the powers of the human mind: An essay on quantity. An analysis of Aristotl's logic

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Essays on the powers of the human mind: An essay on quantity. An analysis of Aristotl's logic

The text examines the potential and limitations of human thought, providing an in-depth examination of Aristotle's logical theories. more

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Thomas Reid

Thomas Reid (April 26, 1710 – October 7, 1796) was a Scottish philosopher and a key figure of the Scottish Enlightenment. He founded the Scottish School of Common Sense, which sought to counter David Hume's skepticism by grounding philosophy in intuitive principles of common sense. Reid studied and taught at the University of Aberdeen, later becoming Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Glasgow. His major works, An Inquiry into the Human Mind on the Principles of Common Sense and Essays on the Intellectual Powers of Man, argued that perception directly grasps external objects, rejecting the theory of ideas. His ideas influenced 19th-century Scottish philosophy, French spiritualism, and 20th-century analytic philosophy. more

“In every case, we ought to act that part towards another, which we would judge to be right in him to act toward us, if we were in his circumstances and he in ours; or more generally - What we approve in others, that we ought to practise in like circumstances, what we condemn in others we ought not to do.”

Ifs Action Moral Cases Psychology Judging Ought Circumstances Ethics Practise

Book:Thomas Reid's Inquiry and Essays

Source: Thomas Reid's Inquiry and Essays

“Common sense doesn't have the last word in ethics or anywhere else, but it has, as J. L. Austin said about ordinary language, the first word: it should be examined before it is discarded.”

Should Firsts Said Action Lasts Language Common Moral Psychology Ordinary Ethics Common Sense Last Words Discarded Austin

Book:The View From Nowhere

Source: The View From Nowhere

“My selective memory of what drinking was like told me that standing at the bar in a pub, on a summer's evening with a long, tall glass of lager and lime was heaven, and I chose not to remember the nights on which I had sat with a bottle of vodka, a gram of coke and a shotgun, contemplating suicide.”