Essays on David Hume, medical men and the Scottish Enlightenment: industry, knowledge and humanity
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Main Author: Emerson, Roger L. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Farnham, England Ashgate c2009
Series:Science, technology, and culture, 1700-1945
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Online Access:Volltext
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references (p. [249]-278) and index
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?
Physical Description:1 Online-Ressource (xvi, 295 p.)
ISBN:9780754693383
0754693384

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