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  1. Nov 5, 2023 · SAINTS legend James Beattie admitted you "can't help what you love" after he was filmed in amongst the scenes at the Den on Saturday. Striking hero Beattie's celebrations were...

    • Alfie House
  2. James Beattie (born November 5, 1735, Laurencekirk, Kincardine, Scotland—died August 18, 1803, Aberdeen) was a Scottish poet and essayist, whose once-popular poem The Minstrel was one of the earliest works of the Romantic movement.

    • The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
  3. Apr 7, 2015 · Summary. This article examines the Scottish philosopher James Beattie's (1735–1803) controversial work of moral philosophy An Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth (1770), noted for its pugnacious attack on the sceptical philosophy of David Hume.

    • R. J. W. Mills
    • 2015
  4. This chapter examines the writing and content of James Beatties (1735–1803) best-selling Essay on Truth (1770) in terms of his motivations and interests in the late 1760s. The Essay was intended to be a mocking attack on recent sceptical philosophy, with Hume as the central target.

  5. The poet James Beattie as depicted on the Scott Monument. James Beattie (/ ˈ b iː t i /; 25 October 1735 – 18 August 1803) was a Scottish poet, moralist, and philosopher.

  6. This article (1) outlines Beattie’s life and career, (2) reviews the basic argument of the Essay on Truth, (3) summarizes the Essay‘s neglected critique of Hume’s racism, (4) briefly describes Beattie’s later Elements of Moral Science, and (5) reflects on Beattie’s place in the Scottish common sense school.

  7. May 6, 2020 · ABSTRACT. Professor of Moral Philosophy at Marischal College, Aberdeen, James Beattie (1735–1803) was one of the most prominent literary figures of late eighteenth-century Britain. His major works, An Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth (1770) and the two-canto poem The Minstrel (1771–1774), were two of the best-sellers of the ...

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