Record Number: 5126
Reading Experience:
Evidence:
'27th June - The last book worth mentioning, which I perused was Stewart's preliminary dissertation - for the second time. The longer I study the works of this philosopher, the more I become convinced of two things. First, that in perspicacity & comprehensiveness of understanding he yields to several. But, secondly, that in taste, variety of acquirements, and, what is of more importance, in moral dignity of mind, he has no rival that I know of.'
Century:1800-1849
Date:Between 1 Jun 1818 and 7 Jun 1818
Country:Scotland
Timen/a
Place:city: Kirkcaldy (probably)
Type of Experience(Reader):
silent aloud unknown
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
(Listener):
solitary in company unknown
single serial unknown
Reader / Listener / Reading Group:
Reader: Age:Adult (18-100+)
Gender:Male
Date of Birth:4 Dec 1795
Socio-Economic Group:Professional / academic / merchant / farmer
Occupation:Writer / Academic
Religion:Lapsed Calvinist
Country of Origin:Scotland
Country of Experience:Scotland
Listeners present if any:e.g family, servants, friends
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Additional Comments:
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Text Being Read:
Author: Title:Philosophy of the Human Mind
Genre:Philosophy
Form of Text:Print: Book
Publication Detailsn/a
Provenanceunknown
Source Information:
Record ID:5126
Source:Thomas Carlyle
Editor:C R Sanders
Title:The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle
Place of Publication:Durham, South Carolina
Date of Publication:1970
Vol:1
Page:133
Additional Comments:
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Citation:
Thomas Carlyle, C R Sanders (ed.), The Collected Letters of Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle (Durham, South Carolina, 1970), 1, p. 133, http://can-red-lec.library.dal.ca/Arts/RED/record_details.php?id=5126, accessed: 04 October 2023
Additional Comments:
Taken from letter from Carlyle to James Johnston, dated 26th June 1818, written at Kirkcaldy. Pages 130 - 135 in this edition. I believe that he is referring here to Dugald Stewart's 'Philosophy of the Human Mind' (see RED Entry ID 2897). But he does not specify.