intellectual+powers

  • 101РИД Томас — (Reid), (26 апр. 1710 – 7 окт. 1796) – англ. философ идеалист, основатель шотландской школы. Профессор Абердинского ун та (1752–64) и ун та в Глазго (1764–80). Исходя из критики скептицизма Юма, распространяемого на категории субстанции и… …

    Философская энциклопедия

  • 102Reid, Thomas — (1710–1796) Scottish philosopher of common sense. Reid was born near Aberdeen and educated at Marischal College. After a period as a Presbyterian minister, he was appointed in 1751 to King s College, Aberdeen. In 1764 he took the chair of moral… …

    Philosophy dictionary

  • 103REID (T.) — REID THOMAS (1710 1796) Né à Stracham et mort à Glasgow, le «philosophe écossais» Thomas Reid reçut son éducation au collège Marishal d’Aberdeen, où il étudia la philosophie et la théologie. Il y fut ensuite bibliothécaire jusqu’en 1736. Il… …

    Encyclopédie Universelle

  • 104Reid —   [riːd],    1) Thomas, schottischer Philosoph, * Strachan (Grampian Region) 26. 4. 1710, ✝ Glasgow 7. 10. 1796; 1751 Professor in Aberdeen, ab 1764 in Glasgow. Begründer der Schottischen Schule und der Philosophie des Commonsense. Seine… …

    Universal-Lexikon

  • 105common sense —    Among the most influential philosophical approaches in 19th and 20th century Protestant theology has been the common sense realism of Scottish philosopher Thomas Reid (1710 96). Reid, who taught at both King s College in Aberdeen and the… …

    Encyclopedia of Protestantism

  • 106Reid, Thomas — (1710 1796)    Philosopher, was the s. of the minister of Strachan, Kincardineshire, where he was b. His mother was one of the gifted family of the Gregorys. At the age of 12 he was sent to Marischal Coll., Aberdeen, where he graduated, and… …

    Short biographical dictionary of English literature

  • 107Amplitude — Am pli*tude, n. [L. amplitudo, fr. amplus: cf. F. amplitude. See {Ample}.] 1. State of being ample; extent of surface or space; largeness of dimensions; size. [1913 Webster] The cathedral of Lincoln . . . is a magnificent structure,… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 108Idiot — Id i*ot ([i^]d [i^]*[o^]t), n. [F. idiot, L. idiota an uneducated, ignorant, ill informed person, Gr. idiw ths, also and orig., a private person, not holding public office, fr. i dios proper, peculiar. See {Idiom}.] 1. A man in private station,… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 109Infatuate — In*fat u*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infatuated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Infatuating}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To make foolish; to affect with folly; to weaken the intellectual powers of, or to deprive of sound judgment. [1913 Webster] The judgment of God… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 110Infatuated — Infatuate In*fat u*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Infatuated}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Infatuating}.] [1913 Webster] 1. To make foolish; to affect with folly; to weaken the intellectual powers of, or to deprive of sound judgment. [1913 Webster] The judgment… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English