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PHILOSOPHICAL ESSAYS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS, viz. Space, Substance, Body, Spirit, the Operations of the Soul in Union with the Body, innate Ideas, perpetual Consciousness, Place and Motion of Spirits, the departing Soul, the Resurrection of the Body, the Production and Operations of Plants and Animals: With some Remarks on Mr. Locke's Essay on the Human Understanding. To which is subjoined A brief scheme of Ontology, or the Science of Being in general, with its Affectations. by Watts, Isaac - 1742.

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PHILOSOPHICAL ESSAYS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS, viz. Space, Substance, Body, Spirit, the Operations of the Soul in Union with the Body, innate Ideas, perpetual Consciousness, Place and Motion of Spirits, the departing Soul, the Resurrection of the Body, the Production and Operations of Plants and Animals: With some Remarks on Mr. Locke's Essay on the Human Understanding. To which is subjoined A brief scheme of Ontology, or the Science of Being in general, with its Affectations.

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London: Printed for James Brackstone, at the Globe in Cornhill, 1742.. 1742.. Good. - Octavo, full brown calf with double gilt ruled frames on the covers and gilt-ruled raised bands on the spine. The covers are rubbed and scuffed with wear to the corners. The leather is split along the top of the front joint. The title label is lacking from the spine and a numbered label is mounted at the bottom or the spine. xiii, [iv], 407 & [1] pages, with decorative head & tail pieces and initials. De-acquisitioned by the "Newton Theological Institution" with their bookplate mounted on the front pastedown. The front hinge is cracked. Three remnants of red wax seals line the front edge of the front pastedown with corresponding holes to the front edge of the front endpaper. There is scattered foxing and soiling with a few corner creases and one leaf roughly opened. Good. <p>Third edition. Two books in one volume, as issued, with consecutive pagination.<p>From the collection of Caleb Green, with his name penned on the front endpaper and blank. Subsequently from the collection of Wm. Coggeshall and ultimately from the collection of Joseph Grafton, a founder of the Newton Theological Institution, with his signature on the title page, preface, front blank and on the institution's label.<p>Born in Newport, Rhode Island, Joseph Grafton (1757-1836) was a founder of the Newton Theological Institution. He was pastor of the First Baptist Church of Newton and, in September 1793, was elected as one of 12 founding members of the Baptist Education Fund that helped young men pay for college tuition.
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London: Printed for J. Buckland, and T. Longman, in Pater-Noster-Row; J. Waugh in Lombard-Street; E. Dilly in the Poultry; and T. Field in Cheap-side, 1763. Sixth Edition. Full-Leather. Good/No Jacket. Sixth edition. Joints splitting, edges rubbed with some loss from corners. 1763 Full-Leather. xvi, 407, [1] pp. 12mo. An exploration of ontology, discussing John Locke's writings and other related topics. "In philosophy Watts described as 'a favourite employment of my thoughts' the relation between soul and body and the function of the sensations, appetites, and passions (preface to Philosophical Essays on Various Subjects, 1733; Works, 6.481). His most important works on these topics, in addition to the Philosophical Essays, are The Doctrine of the Passions and Discourses of the Love of God, and the Use and Abuse of the Passions in Religion (1729), and Self-Love and Virtue Reconciled Only by Religion (1739). Watts objected to Locke's attack on innate ideas and supported the… Read More
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London: Printed for James Brackstone. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1742. Hardcover. xiii/407 + [1] pages; Perpetual Consciousness, Place and Motion of Spirits, the Departing Soul, the Resurrection of the Body, the Production and Operations of Plants and Animals: With Some Remarks on Mr. Locke's Essay on the Human Understanding. To Which Is Subjoined a Brief Scheme of Ontology, or the Science of Being in General, with Its Affections. Isaac Watts was an English hymnwriter, theologian and logician. A prolific and popular hymnwriter, he was recognised as the "Father of English Hymnody", credited with some 650 hymns. Many of his hymns remain in use today, and have been translated into many languages. He was marked by many as an uncommonly wise and realistic philosopher. Provenance- John Provost armorial bookplate. Full contemporary leather heavily rubbed. Hinges cracked. Lacking first free end paper. Contents generally clean with a little scattered light foxing. Contents… Read More
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