Gerard was Professor of Moral Philosophy and Logic in Marischal College, Aberdeen. This German translation was acquired together with 3 other works by Gerard in contemporary German translations: Versuch uber das Genie 1776; Gedanken von der Ordnung der philosophischen Wissensschaften ... 1770 and Gedanken uber das Naturliche und das Unnaturliche in der Denkungsart, Reden und Handlungen, 1765
