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Record Nr.

UNINA9910782972203321

Autore

Emerson Roger L

Titolo

Essays on David Hume, medical men and the Scottish Enlightenment [[electronic resource] ] : industry, knowledge and humanity / / Roger L. Emerson

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Farnham, England ; ; Burlington, VT, : Ashgate, c2008

ISBN

1-315-58023-3

1-317-14164-4

1-317-14163-6

1-282-05436-8

9786612054365

0-7546-9338-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (317 p.)

Collana

Science, technology, and culture, 1700-1945

Disciplina

941.107

Soggetti

Philosophy, Scottish - 18th century

Enlightenment - Scotland

Scotland Intellectual life 18th century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-278) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgments; List of Abbreviations; 1 The World in which the Scottish Enlightenment Took Shape; 2 Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll (1682-1761): Patronage and the Creation of the Scottish Enlightenment; 3 How Many Scots Were Enlightened; 4 What Did Eighteenth-Century Scottish Students Read?; 5 'Our Excellent and Never To Be Forgotten Friend:' David Hume (26 April 1711-25 August 1776); 6 Hume's Intellectual Development: Part II; 7 Hume's Histories; 8 A Note on Hume and Political Economy; 9 Numbering the Medics

10 What is to be Done About the Scottish Enlightenment?Select Bibliography; Indices

Sommario/riassunto

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.