Quotes:Stewart, Dugald

Zirkoff, Boris

Stewart, Dugald. Scottish philosopher, b. 1753, at Edinburgh; d. June 11, 1828, same place. Univ, of Edinburgh, 1765-1769. Glasgow, 1771. Called to teach mathematical class, Univ, of Edinburgh, 1772. Joint Prof., 1775-85. Appointed Prof, of moral philosophy, 1785, holding this position for 25 years. Gave up active teaching, 1810, and retired to Kinneil House, Linlithgowshire. Stewart’s philosophy was a reaction against skeptical results Berkeley and Hume drew from principles of Locke. Works: Outlines of Moral Philosophy. Edinburgh and London, 1793. 8vo. — Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind. London and Edinburgh, 1792-1827. 3 vols. 4to. — Collected Works. Edited by Sir W. Hamilton. With a biography by Prof. Veitch. Edinburgh, 1854-59.

Source: Boris de Zirkoff, «H. P. Blavatsky Collected Writings», vol. 5, p. 382