James Beattie : Selected Philosophical

The first part of this selection - the first ever made from Beattie's prose writings - includes several key chapters from the Essay on Truth, along with extracts from all of Beattie's other works on moral philosophy. The topics treated include memory, the existence of God, the nature of virtue, and slavery. The second part of the selection is devoted to Beattie's contributions to literary criticism and aesthetics. Beattie's study of poetry, music, taste, and the sublime are vital to the understanding of the literary culture out of which developed the early Romanticism of Wordsworth and Coleridge.

Introduction of An essay on truth	p. 17
Of the perception of truth in general	p. 27
Of the rise and progress of modern scepticism	p. 38
On the origins of the Essay on truth : a letter to Thomas Blacklock	p. 56
On memory	p. 61
Beattie's division of moral philosophy	p. 85
Of the existence of God	p. 88
A first lesson in religion	p. 95
Of the nature of virtue	p. 97
Of the origin of civil governments	p. 119
On slavery	p. 134
On poetry	p. 138
On music	p. 152
Of taste, and its improvement	p. 161
Illustrations of sublimity	p. 183
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James Beattie : Selected Philosophical Writings

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