{"product_id":"9781614871873","title":"The Elements of Moral Philosophy, with A Brief Account of the Nature, Progress, and Origin of Philosophy","description":"\u003cbr\u003eThough little known today, David Fordyce was an important figure in the Scottish Enlightenment and closely associated with liberal Dissenters in England.\u003cbr\u003eHis \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eElements of Moral Philosophy\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e was a notable contribution to the curriculum in moral philosophy and a widely circulated text in moral philosophy in the second half of the eighteenth century.\u003cbr\u003eIt was first published as part of a comprehensive textbook system in 1748 and as a separate book in\u003cbr\u003e1754. It is the latter that is now being reissued.\u003cbr\u003eThe significance of \u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Elements\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e is evidenced by the fact that it was included practically verbatim in the first edition of the \u003cem\u003eEncyclopaedia Britannica\u003c\/em\u003e (1771).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eA Brief Account\u003c\/em\u003e, Fordyce’s opening lectures to his\u003cbr\u003eMarischal class of 1743\/44, has never before been published.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDavid Fordyce\u003c\/strong\u003e (1711–1751)\u003cbr\u003etaught at Marischal College, Aberdeen.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThomas D. Kennedy\u003c\/strong\u003e is Associate\u003cbr\u003eProfessor of Philosophy at Valparaiso\u003cbr\u003eUniversity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKnud Haakonssen\u003c\/strong\u003e is Professor of Intellectual History and Director of the Centre for Intellectual History at the University of Sussex, England.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Liberty Fund, Incorporated","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47175109574896,"sku":"9781614871873","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781614871873_p0.jpg?v=1763847348","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781614871873","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}