| 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.' |
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| Century: | 1800-1849 | ||||||||||
| Date: | Between 1 Jun 1818 and 7 Jun 1818 | ||||||||||
| Country: | Scotland | ||||||||||
| Time: | n/a | ||||||||||
| Place: | city: Kirkcaldy (probably) | ||||||||||
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| Reader: | Thomas Carlyle |
| 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, workmates) |
n/a |
| Additional comments: | n/a |
| Author: | Dugald Stewart |
| Title: | Philosophy of the Human Mind |
| Genre: | Philosophy |
| Form of Text: | Print: Book |
| Publication details: | n/a |
| Provenance: | unknown |
| Record ID: | 5126 | |
| Source - | ||
| Author: | 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: | n/a |
| 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/reading/recorddetails2.php?id=5126, accessed: 31 March 2023 | |
| 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. |
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