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VEITCH, JOHN (1829-1894) , Scottish poet, philosopher, and historian of the Scottish border, son of a Peninsular veteran, was born at Peebles on the 24th of October 1829, and educated at Edinburgh University. He was assistant Iecturer successively to Sir William
rhetoric at St Andrews, and in 1864 to the corresponding chair at Glasgow. In philosophy an intuitionist, he dismissed the idealist arguments with some abruptness, and thereby lost much of the influence gained by the force of his personal character . He died on the 3rd of September 1894. He will be remembered chiefly for his work
He published translations of Descartes
Mansel
Monism
Mary R. L. Bryce
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