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Essays on David Hume, Medical Men and the Scottish Enlightenment
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'Industry, Knowledge and Humanity'
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Artikel-Nr:
9780754666288
Veröffentl:
2009
Erscheinungsdatum:
25.03.2009
Seiten:
316
Autor:
Roger L Emerson
Gewicht:
621 g
Format:
234x156x19 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Roger L. Emerson is Emeritus Professor of History, University of Western Ontario, Canada.
The Scottish Enlightenment was a period of intellectual and scientific progress in a country previously considered to be marginal to the European intellectual scene. This volume of essays considers a broad range of themes pertinent to the period, from the European Enlightenment and the Scots relation to it, to Scottish social history and its relation to religion, science and medicine.
Chapter 1 The World in which the Scottish Enlightenment Took Shape; Chapter 2 Archibald Campbell, 3 rd Duke of Argyll (1682¿1761); Chapter 3 How Many Scots Were Enlightened?; Chapter 4 What Did Eighteenth-Century Scottish Students Read?; Chapter 5 `Our Excellent and Never To Be Forgotten Friend:¿ David Hume (26 April 1711¿25 August 1776); Chapter 6 Hume¿s Intellectual Development; Chapter 7 Hume¿s Histories; Chapter 8 A Note on Hume and Political Economy; Chapter 9 Numbering the Medics; Chapter 10 What is to be Done About the Scottish Enlightenment?;