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Description: | s.d. inscr. base "THO. REID D.D. / ACAD. GLASG. AET. ST / 1791 / Tassie F" CRE TASSIE, James; (Scottish; 1735-1799) 1791 Reid was a celebrated Scottish divine, metaphysician, writer and philosopher. In 1751 he became the Professor of Moral Philosophy at King's College, Aberdeen where he founded the Philosophical Society, nicknamed "The Wise Club". He moved in 1762 to the Chair of Moral Philosophy at Glasgow, made vacant by the resignation of Adam Smith, a post he held until his death. Reid was leader of the Scottish school of thought which rejected the scepticism of David Hume.
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