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Essays on David Hume, medical men and the Scottish Enlightenment : industry, knowledge and humanity
- Title
- Essays on David Hume, medical men and the Scottish Enlightenment : industry, knowledge and humanity / Roger L. Emerson.
- Author
- Emerson, Roger L.
- Publication
- Farnham, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, ©2009.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | B1402.E55 E44 2008 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xvi, 295 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "David Hume, writing in 1752, commented that 'industry, knowledge and humanity are linked together by an indissoluble chain'. Collectively this volume of essays embraces many of the topics which Hume included under 'industry, knowledge and humanity': from the European Enlightenment and the Scots' relation to it, to Scottish social history and its relation to religion, science and medicine. Overarching themes of what it meant to be enlightened in the eighteenth century are considered alongside more specific studies of notable figures of the period, such as Archibald Campbell, 3rd Duke of Argyll, and David Hume, and the training and number of Scottish medical students. Together, the volume provides an opportunity to step back and reconsider the Scottish Enlightenment in its broader context and to consider what new directions this field of study might take."--BOOK JACKET.
- Series Statement
- Science, technology, and culture, 1700-1945
- Uniform Title
- Science, technology, and culture, 1700-1945
- Subject
- Hume, David, 1711-1776
- Hume, David, 1711-1776
- Hume, David 1711-1776
- Hume, David
- 1700-1799
- Philosophy, Scottish > 18th century
- Enlightenment > Scotland
- Medicine > History > 18th century
- Philosophy, Medical > history
- History, 18th Century
- Medicine
- Enlightenment
- Intellectual life
- Philosophy, Scottish
- Medizin > Schottland > Geschichte 18. Jh
- Aufklärung > (Epoche) > Schottland
- Geistesgeschichte > Schottland > Geschichte 18. Jh
- Scotland > Intellectual life > 18th century
- Scotland
- Genre/Form
- History
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [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?
- ISBN
- 9780754666288
- 075466628X
- LCCN
- 2008037959
- OCLC
- ocn245598160
- 245598160
- SCSB-9481190
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library