Roger L Emerson

Essays on David Hume, Medical Men and the Scottish Enlightenment

'Industry, Knowledge and Humanity'

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 316
• Erscheinungstermin: 15. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 445g
• ISBN-13: 9781138265882
• ISBN-10: 1138265888
• Artikelnr.: 47440031

Autorenporträt

Roger L. Emerson is Emeritus Professor of History, University of Western Ontario, Canada.

Inhaltsangabe

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?