Synopsis Metaphysicae, Ontologiam et Pneumatologiam complectus. Editio altera auctior.
[HUTCHESON, (Francis)].
Second Edition, enlarged. 12mo. Contemporary plain calf (rebacked).
[Glasgow: Robert Foulis,] 1744
Gaskell, "Foulis Press", 51.
Rare. ESTC records sic locations in the U.K. but only Johns Hopkins, Library of Congress and University of Rochester in America.
Francis Hutcheson (1694-1746) was born in Ireland but educated at the University of Glasgow where he was appointed Professor of Moral Philosophy in 1729, a chair he held until his death.
These essays on metaphysics, in which he was a close follower of John Locke, were first published in 1742 and are impossibly rare. This expanded text consists of three parts: "De Ente" (on being), "De Mente Humana" (on the human mind) & "De Deo" (on God).
Provenance: The Brown-Lindsay Library, United presbyterian College (bookplate).
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