| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 250 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Note |
Description based upon print version of record. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Introduction. Work of Christopher J. Berry - an appreciation / R. J. W. Mills, Craig Smith -- Scottish enlightenment settings for the discussion of the 'science of man' / Roger L. Emerson -- The 'almost wilfully perverse' Lord Monboddo and the Scottish enlightenment's science of human nature / R. J. W. Mills -- Rough edges of civilisation in the Scottish enlightenment / Craig Smith -- Stickiness of manners? : the progress of middling rank manners in David Hume, Adam Smith and John Millar / Spyridon Tegos -- 'The happiest and most honourable period of my life' : Adam Smith's service to the university of Glasgow / Ryan Patrick Hanley -- Adam Smith on political leadership / Eric Schliesser -- Adam Smith and the virtue of punctuality / Maria Pia Paganelli -- Civility and slavery : the problematic basis of civilized society in Hume's history of England / Naohito Mori -- Hume as forerunner of the sociology of emotions : the effect of context, comparison and sympathy on the genesis of pride / Ana Marta Gonz̀lez -- Reception and study of David Hume's economic thought in China / Zhang Zheng-ping. |
| Summary |
11 specially commissioned essays examine the Scottish Enlightenment's contributions to commercial society, the 'science of human nature' and the emergence of the modern political economy. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Enlightenment -- Scotland.
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Enlightenment. |
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Scotland. |
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Scotland -- History -- 18th century.
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Subject |
Scotland -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
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Intellectual life. |
| Chronological Term |
1700-1799 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Smith, Craig, 1977- editor.
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Berry, Christopher J., honouree.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Mills, R. J. W. The Scottish Enlightenment Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press,c2021 9781474467315 (OCoLC) 1242850250 |
| ISBN |
1474467342 (electronic book) |
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9781474467346 (electronic book) |
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9781474467315 (hardback) |
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1474467318 (hardback) |
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9781474467339 (ePub ebook) |
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1474467334 |
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