Those who desire to study further the chapter in the history of European philosophy in which Reid’s name is prominent, may be referred to Cousin’s critical appreciation in his _Philosophie Écossaise_ (1857), and to Professor Andrew Seth’s Balfour Lectures on ‘Scottish Philosophy’ (1885), in which the Scottish and German answers to Hume are compared. The industry of the late Dr. M’Cosh has collected, in his _Scottish Philosophy_ (1875), interesting particulars regarding our national philosophers from Hutcheson to Hamilton. A. C. F. UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH, _21st February 1898_. CONTENTS PAGE CHAPTER I BOYHOOD AND ANCESTRY: STRACHAN AND THE VALLEY OF THE DEE, 1710-1722 9 CHAPTER II AT MARISCHAL COLLEGE, 1722-1737 18 CHAPTER III NEW MACHAR AND DAVID HUME, 1737-1751 30 CHAPTER IV OLD ABERDEEN: A REGENT IN KING’S COLLEGE, 1751-1764 43 CHAPTER V UNIVERSAL SCEPTICISM VERSUS INSPIRED COMMON SENSE: AN ‘INQUIRY INTO THE HUMAN MIND ON THE PRINCIPLES OF COMMON SENSE,’ 1764 56 CHAPTER VI GLASGOW COLLEGE: THE PROFESSOR OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY, 1764-1780 72 CHAPTER VII IN PHILOSOPHICAL RETIREMENT: AUTHORSHIP IN OLD AGE, 1780-1795 103 CHAPTER VIII INSPIRED COMMON SENSE AND CAUSATION: ACTIVE OR MORAL POWER IN MAN 118 CHAPTER IX THE END, 1796 126 CHAPTER X RETROSPECTIVE AND CRITICAL 133 CHAPTER XI REID IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY: DEVELOPMENT OF THE COMMON SENSE PHILOSOPHY: REID IN FRANCE: REID AND HAMILTON: REID AND SCOTO-HEGELIAN IDEALISM: ETHICAL OR THEISTIC FINAL FAITH 144 THOMAS REID CHAPTER I BOYHOOD AND ANCESTRY: STRACHAN AND THE VALLEY OF THE DEE 1710-1722