Beattie, James(1735–1803)
James Beattie was born in Laurencekirk, Scotland, on October 25, 1735. He received an MA at Marischal College, Aberdeen, in 1753, became schoolmaster at the Fordoun Pa...
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Before the publication of An Essay on the Nature and Immutability of Truth, in Opposition to Sophistry and Scepticism in 1770, James Beattie was an obscure poet and teacher in the north of Scotland; ...
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