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CollectionGB 0231 University of Aberdeen, Special Collections
LevelItem
Ref NoMS 30/2/47
Alt Ref NoMS 30 c.47
TitleErasmus Darwin to James Beattie from Lichfield, Staffordshire
Date21 January 1771
Extent1 Item
Administrative HistoryErasmus Darwin [1731-1802] Physician, botanist, poet, grandfather of Charles Darwin
DescriptionSets out to defend Hume's work against Beattie's critique of that part of it where he affirms that ideas resemble the impressions that give rise to them. [This letter is annotated between the lines in Beattie's hand with his reples to Darwin's points]
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