Lot 534
Ferguson, Adam
Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographs
Auction: Rare Books, Manuscripts & Photographss | 10 May 2007
£1,200
Description
Notes of Dr. Ferguson's lectures on moral philosophy, volume II, Edinburgh Jan. MDCCLXXXIII-I, manuscript, 162 pp. and blanks, 4to, later boards
Footnote
Note: An unusual record and insight into Ferguson's lectures as professor of moral philosophy at the University of Edinburgh between February 1st and March 28th 1785. The lectures cover logic, the existence of God, the proprierty or impropriety of introducing speeches into history, the death and character of Epaminondas and the history of philosophy. The manuscript also comprises translations from Longinus, commentaries on Hebrews &c.