Definition of Thomas Reid

1. Noun. Scottish philosopher of common sense who opposed the ideas of David Hume (1710-1796).

Exact synonyms: Reid
Generic synonyms: Philosopher

Lexicographical Neighbors of Thomas Reid

Thomas Kennerly Wolfe Jr.
Thomas Kid
Thomas Kyd
Thomas Lanier Williams
Thomas Malory
Thomas Malthus
Thomas Mann
Thomas Merton
Thomas Middleton
Thomas Moore
Thomas More
Thomas Nast
Thomas Nelson Page
Thomas Paine
Thomas Pynchon
Thomas Reid (current term)
Thomas Robert Malthus
Thomas Stearns Eliot
Thomas Straussler
Thomas Sully
Thomas Sydenham
Thomas Tallis
Thomas Wentworth Storrow Higginson
Thomas Wolfe
Thomas Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Wright Waller
Thomas Young
Thomas a Becket
Thomas a Kempis
Thomas splint

Literary usage of Thomas Reid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1890)
"Thomas Reid [qv], who recorded most of what is known of his grandfather's career. ... Thomas Reid ..."

2. Scottish Men of Letters in the Eighteenth Century by Henry Grey Graham (1901)
"Thomas Reid In the Manse of Strachan ... in Aberdeenshire, Thomas Reid was born in 1710. The parish was at that time a dreary, treeless district; ..."

3. A Survey of English Literature 1780-1880 by Oliver Elton (1920)
"Reaction against Hume : Thomas Reid and ' common sense' ; multiplication of ' original principles.' Dugald Stewart: lectures and discourses ..."

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