_Reid, Ferguson, Stewart, and Other Writers._

SECTION I.

_Reid._

⭘ His Life and Teaching――His Writings――Treatment of the External Senses――His doctrine of Signs

⭘ His doctrine of Perception, imperfect Discrimination of the Views of other Philosophers――Explanation of Theories of Mediate Perception

⭘ His Division of Mental Phenomena, and Treatment of Mental Powers ――Common-sense, its Relation to First Principles――Classification of First Principles

⭘ Active Powers of the Mind――Moral Obligation――Reid’s Merits

SECTION II.

_Adam Ferguson._

⭘ His early Life――Principles of Moral and Political Science, his Method, Conceptions, and grasp of Thought

⭘ The Standard of Morality, the Supreme End, and the Principle of Approbation

SECTION III.

_Dugald Stewart._

⭘ Stewart was a successful Professor――The Scope of his Philosophy of the Human Mind――His Political Views

⭘ Discrimination of Ultimate Principles――Classification of the Intellectual Faculties――Laws of Association of Ideas――Memory, Imagination――Reasoning and Deductive Evidence――Varieties of Intellectual ♦Caricature

♦ “Characture” replaced with “Caricature”

⭘ Summary of his Ethical System――His Method and Style

SECTION IV.

_Gerard, Beattie, Campbell, and Alison._

⭘ Gerard’s Essay on Taste, its Method and Characteristics

⭘ Beattie’s Essay on the Immutability of Truth――His Elements of Moral Science――Characteristics of his Style

⭘ Campbell’s Essay on Miracles, its Method――His Rhetoric and Style ――Alison, the Scope of his Essay on Taste