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Thomas Reid

Scottish mathematician and theologian

Died when: 86 years 164 days (1037 months)
Star Sign: Taurus

 

Thomas Reid

Thomas Reid FRSE (/ri?d/; 7 May (O.S. 26 April) 1710 – 7 October 1796) was a religiously trained Scottish philosopher. He was the founder of the Scottish School of Common Sense and played an integral role in the Scottish Enlightenment.

In 1783 he was a joint founder of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. A contemporary of David Hume, Reid was also "Hume's earliest and fiercest critic".

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