WESTMINSTER

ON THE

LIBRARY,

ACTIVE POWERS

OF MA N.

By THOMAS REID, D. D. F. R. S. EDIN.

PROFESSOR OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY

IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW.

He bath fhewed thee, O Man, what is good.

MICAH.

EDINBURGH:

PRINTED FOR JOHN BELL, PARLIAMENT-SQUARE,

AND G. G. J. & J. ROBINSON, LONDON.

M,DCC,LXXXVIII.

3. Of Mr LOCKE's Account of our Idea of Power,

4. Of Mr HUME's Opinion of the Idea of Power,
5. Whether Beings that have no Will nor Understanding

6. Of the efficient Causes of the Phænomena of Nature,
7. Of the Extent of Human Power,

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ESSAY II. OF THE WILL.

CHAP. I. Obfervations concerning the Will,

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2. Of the Influence of Incitements and Motives upon the

CHAP. I. There are Rational Principles of Action in Man,

2. Of Regard to our Good on the Whole,

3. The Tendency of this Principle,

4. Defects of this Principle,

5. Of the Notion of Duty, Rectitude, moral Obligation,

6. Of the Senfe of Duty,

7. Of moral Approbation and Disapprobation,

8. Obfervations concerning Confcience,

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ESSAY IV. OF THE LIBERTY OF MORAL AGENTS:

CHAP. I. The Notions of Moral Liberty and Neceffity stated,

2. Of the Words Caufe and Effect, Action, and Alive

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