Every Scot should read it. Scotland now has the lively provocative and positive history it deserves. Irvine Welsh Guardian A dramatic and intriguing history of how Scotland produced the institutions beliefs and human character that have made the West into the most... Lees meer.

The Cambridge Companion to the Scottish Enlightenment offers a philosophical perspective on an eighteenth-century movement that has been profoundly influential on western culture. A distinguished team of contributors examines the writings of David Hume Adam Smith Tho... Lees meer.

The second edition of this Companion presents a philosophical perspective on an eighteenth-century phenomenon that has had a profound influence on Western culture. A distinguished team of contributors examines the writings of David Hume Adam Smith Thomas Reid Adam Fe... Lees meer.

In the Enlightenment it was often argued that moral conduct rather than adherence to theological doctrine was the true measure of religious belief. Thomas Ahnert argues that this enlightened emphasis on conduct in religion relied less on arguments from reason alone... Lees meer.

Common sense philosophy was one of the Scottish Enlightenment s most original intellectual products. The nine specially written essays in this volume explore the philosophical and historical significance of this school of thought recovering the ways in which it develop... Lees meer.

Written for general reader considers the achievement of this particular period of Scottish history. This book attends not only to the ideas that made the Scottish Enlightenment such a noted moment but also to the people themselves who generated these ideas - men such... Lees meer.

Traditional accounts of the Scottish Enlightenment present the half-century or so before 1750 as at best a not-yet fully realised precursor to the era of Hume and Smith at worst a period of superstition and religious bigotry. This is the first book-length study to s... Lees meer.

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This book offers the first extended comparison of the philosophies of Gilles Deleuze and David Hume. This book offers the first extended comparison of the philosophies of Gilles Deleuze and David Hume. Jeffrey Bell argues that Deleuze s early work on Hume was instru... Lees meer.

This book presents a unique historical study on the origins of longevity risk management and its links to religious institutions in the eighteenth century. Throughout history monarchs affluent patrons and wealthy benefactors routinely pledged to provide their devotee... Lees meer.

This book offers the first extended comparison of the philosophies of Gilles Deleuze and David Hume. This book offers the first extended comparison of the philosophies of Gilles Deleuze and David Hume. Jeffrey Bell argues that Deleuze s early work on Hume was instrum... Lees meer.

Anxiety about the threat of atheism was rampant in the early modern period yet fully documented examples of openly expressed irreligious opinion are surprisingly rare. England and Scotland saw only a handful of such cases before 1750 and this book o ers a detailed ana... Lees meer.

In 1786 the Reverend James MacGregor 1759 1830 was dispatched across the North Atlantic to establish a dissenting Presbyterian church in Pictou Nova Scotia. The decision dismayed MacGregor who had hoped for a post in the Scottish Highlands. Yet it led to a remarkab... Lees meer.

In the years following the election of Donald Trump a victory that hinged on the votes of white Midwesterners who were both geographically and culturally distant from the media s coastal concentrations there has been a flurry of investigation into the politics of the so... Lees meer.