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

Emerson, Roger L.

Routledge（2016/11発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 316 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781138265882
• DDC分類 941.107

Full Description

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.

Contents

Chapter 1 The World in which the Scottish Enlightenment Took Shape; Chapter 2 Archibald Campbell, 3 rd Duke of Argyll (1682-1761); Chapter 3 How Many Scots Were Enlightened?; Chapter 4 What Did Eighteenth-Century Scottish Students Read?; Chapter 5 'Our Excellent and Never To Be Forgotten Friend:' David Hume (26 April 1711-25 August 1776); Chapter 6 Hume's Intellectual Development; Chapter 7 Hume's Histories; Chapter 8 A Note on Hume and Political Economy; Chapter 9 Numbering the Medics; Chapter 10 What is to be Done About the Scottish Enlightenment?;