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Definition of Thomas Reid
1. Noun. Scottish philosopher of common sense who opposed the ideas of David Hume (1710-1796).
Lexicographical Neighbors of Thomas Reid
Literary usage of Thomas Reid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1890)
"Thomas Reid [qv], who recorded most of what is known of his grandfather's career.
... Thomas Reid ..."
2. Scottish Men of Letters in the Eighteenth Century by Henry Grey Graham (1901)
"Thomas Reid In the Manse of Strachan ... in Aberdeenshire, Thomas Reid was born
in 1710. The parish was at that time a dreary, treeless district; ..."
3. A Survey of English Literature 1780-1880 by Oliver Elton (1920)
"Reaction against Hume : Thomas Reid and ' common sense' ; multiplication of '
original principles.' Dugald Stewart: lectures and discourses ..."
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