WorkDugald Stewart

Outlines of Moral Philosophy or Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind

Dugald Stewart (1753–1828)

InferredFuller names "Stewart" explicitly as part of the common-sense Scottish philosophy books she is consulting.

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Documented 1836

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  • 1836Outlines of Moral PhilosophyAttested

    “and dipping into Brown, Stewart, and that class of books.”

    Letters of Margaret Fuller ed. Hudspeth · [ca. 14 February 1836]

    Same explicit sentence covering Stewart.

When Fuller engaged with this work

I. Childhood
II. Adolescence
III. Self-Directed
IV. Transcendentalist1record
V. New York
VI. Europe
✦. Memoirs (1852)
1810
1820
1832
1836
1844
1846
1850
1836—

Letter to James F. Clarke

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“dipping into Brown, Stewart, and that class of books.”

Fuller, Margaret. The Letters of Margaret Fuller. Edited by Robert N. Hudspeth. Vol. I. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1983.

Inferred Fuller names "Stewart" explicitly as part of the common-sense Scottish philosophy books she is consulting.