An oration, delivered before the American Philosophical Society, held in Philadelphia on the 27th of February, 1786; containing an enquiry into the influence of physical causes upon the moral faculty. / By Benjamin Rush, M.D. and professor of chemistry in the University of Pennsylvania. ; [Four lines from Locke]

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An oration, delivered before the American Philosophical Society, held in Philadelphia on the 27th of February, 1786; containing an enquiry into the influence of physical causes upon the moral faculty. / By Benjamin Rush, M.D. and professor of chemistry in the University of Pennsylvania. ; [Four lines from Locke]
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Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813.
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Philadelphia: :: Printed by Charles Cist.,
M,DCC,LXXXVI. [1786]
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Free will and determinism.
Good and evil.
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"An oration, delivered before the American Philosophical Society, held in Philadelphia on the 27th of February, 1786; containing an enquiry into the influence of physical causes upon the moral faculty. / By Benjamin Rush, M.D. and professor of chemistry in the University of Pennsylvania. ; [Four lines from Locke]." In the digital collection Evans Early American Imprint Collection. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/n15651.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed January 22, 2025.

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