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9780754666288

Essays on David Hume, Medical Men and the Scottish Enlightenment: 'Industry, Knowledge and Humanity'

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    9780754666288

  • ISBN10:

    075466628X

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2016-04-07
  • Publisher: Routledge

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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.

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Contents: The world in which the Scottish Enlightenment took shape; Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll (1682-1761): patronage and the creation of the Scottish Enlightenment; How many Scots were enlightened?; What did 18th-century Scottish students read?; 'Our excellent and never to be forgotten friend': David Hume (26 April 1711-25 August 1776; Hume's intellectual development: part II, 1711-1762; Hume's histories; Hume's economics; Numbering the medics; What is to be done about the Scottish Enlightenment?; Indexes

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