Author: FORBES, Duncan.
Title: Pensées sur la religion naturelle et révélée, suivies de quelques découvertes importantes sur la philosophie et & sur la théologie, & de Réflexions sur l'incrédulité. Traduits de l'Anglois de M. Forbes (par Charles-François Houbigant).
Description: Paris, Costard, 1775. in-8. [4], xx, 461, [1] pp. Veau marbré, dos doré a nerfs (coiffe supérieure endommagée, quelques taches, ex-libris écarté, manquent les 2 dern.blancos; un peu brûni) - probablement titre renouvelé de l'éd.1769. ¶ "Some Thoughts concerning Religion, natural and revealed tending to show that Christianity is, indeed, very near as old as the Creation" (1735) was an answer to John Tindal's ‘Christianity as Old as the Creation'. "Translated into French by Charles François Houbigant in 1769; but, it is said, 'the solidity of a Scottish lawyer could not be expected to suit with the vivacity of French reasoners.' Another peculiarity perhaps had more importance. Forbes was a follower of the fanciful school founded by John Hutchinson, and afterwards represented by Bishop Horne, Jones of Nayland, Parkhurst, and others, with which his translator seems to have been in sympathy. His piety was superior to his scholarship, but his books show an attractive enthusiasm and seriousness. Warburton in 1750 (Letters, 2nd edition, p. 40) recommends the posthumous work on incredulity as 'a little jewel. I knew and venerated the man, ' he adds; 'one of the greatest that ever Scotland bred, both as a judge, a patriot, and a Christian.' Though Warburton is not a safe critic, he seems to have expressed a general opinion." (DNB.19/384)

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