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	Essays on David Hume Medical Men and the Scottish Enlightenment: Industry Knowledge and Humanity

Roger L. Emerson
Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2009 - History - 316 pages
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The Scottish Enlightenment was a period of intellectual and scientific progress, in a country previously considered to be marginal to the European intellectual scene. Yet the enlightenment was not about politeness or civic humanism, but something more basic – the making of an improved society which could compete in every way in a rapidly changing world. 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.


 		 
	


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Contents
	1 The World in which the Scottish Enlightenment Took Shape
	1
	  	
	Patronage and the Creation of the Scottish Enlightenment
	21
	  	
	3 How Many Scots Were Enlightened?
	39
	  	
	4 What Did EighteenthCentury Scottish Students Read?
	49
	  	
	David Hume 26 April 171125 August 1776
	77
	  	
	Part II
	103
	  	
	7 Humes Histories
	127
	  	



	8 A Note on Hume and Political Economy
	155
	  	
	9 Numbering the Medics
	163
	  	
	10 What is to be Done About the Scottish Enlightenment?
	225
	  	
	Select Bibliography
	249
	  	
	Indices
	279
	  	
	Copyright
	
	  	








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	Title	Essays on David Hume Medical Men and the Scottish Enlightenment: Industry Knowledge and Humanity
Science, technology, and culture, 1700-1945
	Author	Roger L. Emerson
	Publisher	Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2009
	ISBN	0754693384, 9780754693383
	Length	316 pages
	Subjects	History
 › Europe
 › Great Britain
 › General


History / Europe / Great Britain / General
History / Europe / Great Britain / Scotland
History / Modern / 18th Century
Philosophy / History & Surveys / Modern
Philosophy / Individual Philosophers
	 	 
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