| Description |
1 online resource (xvi, 295 pages). |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Series |
Science, technology, and culture, 1700-1945
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Science, technology, and culture, 1700-1945.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 249-278) and index. |
| 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? |
| Summary |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Hume, David, 1711-1776.
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Hume, David, 1711-1776. |
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Philosophy, Scottish -- 18th century.
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Philosophy, Scottish. |
| Chronological Term |
18th century |
| Subject |
Enlightenment -- Scotland.
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Enlightenment. |
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Scotland. |
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Scotland -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.
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Intellectual life. |
| Chronological Term |
1700-1799 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Emerson, Roger L. Essays on David Hume, medical men and the Scottish Enlightenment. Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2009 9780754666288 075466628X (DLC) 2008037959 (OCoLC)245598160 |
| ISBN |
9780754693383 (electronic book) |
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0754693384 (electronic book) |
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9780754666288 |
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075466628X |
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