The Scottish EnlightenmentCasemate Publishers, 2012 M11 1 - 252 páginas This authoritative anthology covers the many contributions to science, philosophy and economics made by the great minds of 18th century Scotland. Through the eighteenth and into the nineteenth centuries, Scotland saw an explosion of intellectual activity in the realms of philosophy, law, economics, politics, linguistics and the physical sciences. Great thinkers such as Adam Smith, David Hume, Adam Ferguson, Thomas Reid, James Hutton, and many others formulated many of the ideas that would become foundational to modernity. This anthology collects some of the most significant works by Scottish Enlightenment thinkers as well as lesser-known writings that have not been reprinted for centuries. Arranged thematically, it includes sections on Human Nature, Ethics, Aesthetics, Religion, Economics, Social Theory and Politics, Law, Historiography, Language and Science. Scottish philosopher and intellectual historian Alexander Broadie sheds light on the significance of these writings through his masterful introduction as well as commentary throughout. “A major contribution to our literature and intellectual resources and I do not think it could be better done . . . For many people this book will become a companion for years or even a lifetime.” —Scotsman, UK |
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... intellectual horizons. This fact is acknowledged in these pages by the predominance of discussion on the ideas themselves. Not all the ideas of the Scottish Enlightenment are readily intelligible to the non-specialist. I have done my ...
... intellectual horizons. This fact is acknowledged in these pages by the predominance of discussion on the ideas themselves. Not all the ideas of the Scottish Enlightenment are readily intelligible to the non-specialist. I have done my ...
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... intellectual vice of assenting to something simply because someone with authority has sanctioned it. Secondly, Enlightenment is characterised by the social virtue of tolerance, in that, in an enlightened society, people are able to put ...
... intellectual vice of assenting to something simply because someone with authority has sanctioned it. Secondly, Enlightenment is characterised by the social virtue of tolerance, in that, in an enlightened society, people are able to put ...
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... intellectual, between these men, and focuses on the fact that their sociability was an important aid to their work. One factor in their sociability was the large number of clubs and societies that sprang up in Scotland during the period ...
... intellectual, between these men, and focuses on the fact that their sociability was an important aid to their work. One factor in their sociability was the large number of clubs and societies that sprang up in Scotland during the period ...
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... intellectually vigorous, well-educated and outward- looking class, looking outward particularly to the European continent. This perspective was deeply ingrained by the seventeenth century. The three Scottish universities founded in the ...
... intellectually vigorous, well-educated and outward- looking class, looking outward particularly to the European continent. This perspective was deeply ingrained by the seventeenth century. The three Scottish universities founded in the ...
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... intellectually very active at home and abroad , as witness Thomas Forbes ( c.1629–1688 ) , philosopher and academic medical doctor at Pisa ( 1659–62 ) , and Robert Sibbald ( 1641–1723 ) , who went to Leiden in 1660 to study medicine and ...
... intellectually very active at home and abroad , as witness Thomas Forbes ( c.1629–1688 ) , philosopher and academic medical doctor at Pisa ( 1659–62 ) , and Robert Sibbald ( 1641–1723 ) , who went to Leiden in 1660 to study medicine and ...
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