Essays on David Hume, medical men and the Scottish Enlightenment : industry, knowledge and humanity / Roger L. Emerson.

  • Emerson, Roger L.
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[2009], ©2009
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Farnham ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2009], ©2009.

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xvi, 295 pages ; 24 cm.

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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?

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    History of Medicine
    AB.46.AA6
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  • 9780754666288
  • 075466628X