Titles by George Turnbull

1698 – 1748

George Turnbull (1698-1748) was a lesser-known contemporary of Hutcheson, Hume, and Smith. He taught at Marischal College, Aberdeen, then became a traveling tutor, and ended his career as an Anglican clergyman, first as a chaplain to the Prince of Wales, then as a minister in Ireland. Turnbull was the first member of the Scottish Enlightenment to provide a formal treatise on the theory and practice of education.

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Titles

Observations upon Liberal Education, in All its Branches

George Turnbull

The Principles of Moral and Christian Philosophy, 2 vols.

George Turnbull

The Principles of Moral and Christian Philosophy. Vol. 1

George Turnbull

The Principles of Moral and Christian Philosophy. Vol. 2: Christian Philosophy

George Turnbull

A Methodical System of Universal Law: Or, the Laws of Nature and Nations

Johann Gottlieb Heineccius

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