Lecture notes on moral philosophy taken down by Henry Ramsay, [c.1831].

Lectures notes on moral philosophy taken down by Henry Ramsay of Perth.

• pp.1-9 Introduction.
• pp.9-10 On induction.
• pp.10-13 On sensation.
• pp.13-34, 38-52, 55-58, On perception.
• pp.34-38 On innate ideas.
• pp.52-55 On historical metaphysics.
• pp.58-68 On memory.
• pp.68-71 On imagination.
• pp.71-75 On dreaming.
• pp.75-81 On generalisation.
• pp.81-87 On belief.
• pp.87-91 On reason.
• pp.91-98 On appetites.
• pp.99-110 On emotions [incomplete].

Henry Ramsay (1816-1837), son of Alexander Ramsay of Kinnoul and Elizabeth Slorack. He went to school at Perth Academy and then studied at the United College of St Andrews University from 1831. He won the Gray Prize in 1836, but died the following year.

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'Henry Ramsay Perth June 18 1833' written inside front board.

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There are close similarities with msBJ1006.C6, notes from the lectures of George Cook, professor of moral theology, United College, University of St Andrews.