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ON THE

ACTIVE POWERS

OF MAN.

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.

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5. Whether Beings that have no Will nor Understanding
may have Active Power?

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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. 1. Obfervations concerning the Will,

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2. Of the Influence of Incitements and Motives upon the
Will,

67

3. Of Operations of Mind which may be called Voluntary, 78
4. Corollaries,

ESSAY III. OF THE PRINCIPLES OF ACTION.

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CHAP. 1. 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 ftated, 267
2. Of the Words Caufe and Effect, Action, and Active
Power,

3. Caufes of the Ambiguity of thofe Words,

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Whether an Action deferving Moral Approbation, muft

be done with the Belief of its being morally good,
5. Whether Juftice be a Natural or an Artificial Virtue,
6. Of the Nature and Obligation of a Contract,
7. That Moral Approbation implies a real Judgment,

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