GERSHOM See also:

• GERSHOM CARMICHAEL (c. 1672-1729)

CARMICHAEL (c. 1672-1729)  , Scottish philosopher, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born probably in See also:

• LONDON

London, the son of a Presbyterian See also:

• MINISTER (Lat. minister, servant)

minister who had been banished by the Scottish privy See also:

• COUNCIL (Lat. concilium, from cum, together, and the root cal, to call)

council for his religious opinions . He graduated at See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh University in 1691, and became a See also:

• REGENT (from Lat. regere, to rule)

regent at St See also:

• ANDREWS, JAMES PETTIT (c. 1737–1797)
• ANDREWS, THOMAS (1813–1885)

Andrews . In 1694 he was elected a See also:

• MASTER (Lat. magister, related to tnagis, more, as the corresponding minister is to minus, less; the English form is due partly to the O. Eng. maegister, and partly to O. Fr. maistre, mod. maitre; cf. Du. meester, Ger. Meister, Ital. maestro)

master in the university of See also:

• GLASGOW

Glasgow—an See also:

• OFFICE (from Lat. officium, " duty," " service," a shortened form of opifacium, from facere, " to do," and either the stem of opes, " wealth," " aid," or opus, " work ")

office that was converted into the professorship of moral See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy in 1727, when the See also:

• SYSTEM

system of masters was abolished at Glasgow . See also:

• SIR

Sir See also:

• WILLIAM
• WILLIAM (1143-1214)
• WILLIAM (1227-1256)
• WILLIAM (1J33-1584)
• WILLIAM (A.S. Wilhelm, O. Norse Vilhidlmr; O. H. Ger. Willahelm, Willahalm, M. H. Ger. Willehelm, Willehalm, Mod.Ger. Wilhelm; Du. Willem; O. Fr. Villalme, Mod. Fr. Guillaume; from " will," Goth. vilja, and " helm," Goth. hilms, Old Norse hidlmr, meaning
• WILLIAM (c. 1130-C. 1190)
• WILLIAM, 13TH

William See also:

• HAMILTON
• HAMILTON (GRAND or ASHUANIPI)
• HAMILTON, ALEXANDER (1757-1804)
• HAMILTON, ANTHONY, or ANTOINE (1646-1720)
• HAMILTON, ELIZABETH (1758–1816)
• HAMILTON, EMMA, LADY (c. 1765-1815)
• HAMILTON, JAMES (1769-1831)
• HAMILTON, JAMES HAMILTON, 1ST DUKE OF (1606-1649)
• HAMILTON, JOHN (c. 1511–1571)
• HAMILTON, MARQUESSES AND DUKES OF
• HAMILTON, PATRICK (1504-1528)
• HAMILTON, ROBERT (1743-1829)
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM (1730-1803)
• HAMILTON, SIR WILLIAM ROWAN (1805-1865)
• HAMILTON, THOMAS (1789-1842)
• HAMILTON, WILLIAM (1704-1754)
• HAMILTON, WILLIAM GERARD (1729-1796)

Hamilton regarded him as " the real founder of the Scottish school of philosophy." He wrote Breviuscula Introductio ad Logicam, a See also:

• TREATISE

treatise on See also:

• LOGIC (Xoy1K7, sc. rixvrt, the art of reasoning)

logic and the See also:

• PSYCHOLOGY
• PSYCHOLOGY (>Guxrl, the mind or soul, and X yos, theory)

psychology of the intellectual See also:

• POWERS, HIRAM (1805-1873)

powers; Synopsis Theologiae Naturalis; and an edition of See also:

• PUFENDORF, SAMUEL (1632-1694)

Pufendorf, De Officio Hominis et Civis, with notes and supplements of high value . His son See also:

• FREDERICK
• FREDERICK (Mod. Ger. Friedrich; Ital. Federigo; Fr. Frederic and Federic; M.H.G. Friderich; O.H.G. Fridurih, " king or lord of peace," from O.H.G. fridu, A.S. frith, " peace," and rfh " rich," " a ruler," for derivation of which see HENRY)

Frederick was the author of Sermons on Several Important Subjects and Sermons on See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian Zeal, both published in 1753 .