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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.
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Beattie immediately set about making a name for himself at The Dell. With Southampton up against it at the wrong end of the Premier League table, he came to the fore. Looking purely at the numbers you’d be hard-pushed to see Beattie’s impact – he managed just five goals in his debut season. But two goals in the final three games of the 1998-99 seas...
Although his best times – and international recognition – came at Southampton, there were stand-out moments, both good and bad, afterwards too. After a career-high £6million move to Everton, he top-scored for the Toffees in the 2005-06 season. His rich vein of form that season, which included an uncharacteristic chip from the edge of the box agains...
With his age and injuries beginning to get the better of him, he spent the final years of his career with stints at Rangers, Sheffield United once more and Accrington, where he eventually moved into management. While Beattie is primarily remembered for his footballing exploits, his occasionally fiery temper cannot go unmentioned. In his time he hea...
James Beattie was a Scottish poet and essayist, whose once-popular poem The Minstrel was one of the earliest works of the Romantic movement. Beattie was a farmer’s son. He graduated from Marischal College, Aberdeen, and became professor of moral philosophy there.
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James Beattie was a Scottish philosopher and poet who spent his entire academic career as Professor of Moral Philosophy and Logic at Marischal College in Aberdeen. His best known philosophical work, An Essay on The Nature and Immutability of Truth In Opposition to Sophistry and Scepticism (1770), is a rhetorical tour de force which affirmed the ...
Feb 12, 2024 · As a centre forward, James Beattie, was hard to dispossess, a good dribbler and prolific from set pieces. He was also brilliant in the air, scoring many a downward header from a cross.
This chapter examines the writing and content of James Beattie’s (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.
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Mar 26, 2021 · James Beattie witnessed Matt Le Tissier's iconic Premier League goal at Blackburn, then replaced him as Southampton's talisman.
