Sir James Mackintosh
British political philosopher
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- In Encyclopædia Britannica: Seventh edition
…Seventeenth and Eighteenth centuries” by Sir James Mackintosh, who died before he could include political philosophy. This became the second dissertation, Playfair’s took third place, and the fourth was newly written by Sir John Leslie, professor of natural philosophy at the University of Edinburgh, titled “Exhibiting a General View of…
Read More - In Encyclopædia Britannica: Eighth edition
The dissertations were retained, and Mackintosh’s dissertation on ethical philosophy had a clarifying preface by William Whewell. Two new dissertations were added: Stewart’s and Mackintosh’s were followed by one titled “Exhibiting a General View of the Rise, Progress, and Corruptions of Christianity” by Archbishop Richard Whately, and those by Playfair…
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