Essays on David Hume, medical men and the Scottish Enlightenment : industry, knowledge and humanity /

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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 relatio...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Emerson, Roger L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2008.
Series:Science, technology, and culture, 1700-1945.
Subjects:
Hume, David, > 1711-1776.
Hume, David, > 1711-1776
1700-1799
Philosophy, Scottish > 18th century.
Enlightenment > Scotland.
Philosophie écossaise > 18e siècle.
Siècle des Lumières > Écosse.
Enlightenment
Intellectual life
Philosophy, Scottish
Scotland > Intellectual life > 18th century.
Écosse > Vie intellectuelle > 18e siècle.
Scotland
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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 eighteenth-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
  • Hume's histories
  • A note on Hume and political economy
  • Numbering the medics
  • What is to be done about the Scottish Enlightenment?

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