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The Cambridge Companion to the Scottish Enlightenment (Cambridge Companions to Philosophy)
by: Alexander Broadie (Editor)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press (10 April 2003)
Language: English
Print length: 384 pages
ISBN-10: 0521802733
ISBN-13: 9780521802734
Book Description
The Cambridge Companion to the Scottish Enlightenment offers a philosophical perspective on an eighteenth-century movement that has been profoundly influential on weste culture. A distinguished team of contributors examines the writings of David Hume, Adam Smith, Thomas Reid, Adam Ferguson, Colin Maclaurin and other Scottish thinkers, in fields including philosophy, natural theology, economics, anthropology, natural science and law. In addition, the contributors relate the Scottish Enlightenment to its historical context and assess its impact and legacy in Europe, America and beyond. The result is a comprehensive and accessible volume that illuminates the richness, the intellectual variety and the underlying unity of this important movement. It will be of interest to a wide range of readers in philosophy, theology, literature and the history of ideas.
