Essays on David Hume, medical men and the Scottish Enlightenment : industry, knowledge and humanity /
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 relatio...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
Publicado: |
Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT :
Ashgate,
©2009.
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Colección: | Science, technology, and culture, 1700-1945.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Sumario: | 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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Descripción Física: | 1 online resource (xvi, 295 pages) |
Bibliografía: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-278) and index. |
ISBN: | 9780754693383 0754693384 |