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A list of Citizendium articles, and planned articles, about Scottish Enlightenment.
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Parent topics

  • Scotland [r]: A country that forms the northernmost part of the United Kingdom; population about 5,200,000. [e]
  • The Enlightenment [r]: An 18th-century movement in Western philosophy and intellectual life generally, that emphasized the power or reason and science to understand and reform the world. [e]

Subtopics

  • Poker Club [r]: One of several clubs in Edinburgh that were the focus of intellectual exchange during the Scottish Enlightenment [e]

Philosophers

  • James Beattie [r]: (1753-1803) Scottish philosopher and poet. [e]
  • Hugh Blair [r]: (1718 – 1800) Professor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres at the University of Edinburgh, and Presbyterian preacher whose sermons and writings made a major contribution to the Scottish Enlightenment. [e]
  • James Burnet, Lord Monboddo [r]: (1714 - 1799) Scottish judge and anthropologist, a leading figure in the Scottish Enlightenment of the 18th century, best remembered as a founder of comparative historical linguistics. [e]
  • Erasmus Darwin [r]: (1731-1802) Physician, poet, philosopher, botanist, and naturalist; grandfather of Charles Darwin. [e]
  • Adam Ferguson [r]: (1723-1816) philosopher and historian of the Scottish Enlightenment, sometimes called the "father of sociology." [e]
  • Henry Home, Lord Kames [r]: (1696 – 1782) Scottish philosoper and adcocate, and a leading member of the Scottish Enlightenment; notably, he argued that the politics of Scotland were not based on loyalty to Kings or Queens but on property ownership. [e]
  • David Hume [r]: (1711—1776) Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian. [e]
  • Frances Hutcheson [r]: (1694-1746) Moral philosopher, prominent in the Scottish Enlightenment, known for his theory of aesthetics (that beauty is not a property of the object, but arises from an innate "aesthetic sense"). [e]
  • John Millar [r]: (1735 – 1801) philosopher and historian, professor of civil law at Glasgow University, pioneer of the concept of economic determinism. [e]
  • Adam Smith [r]: Scottish moral philosopher and political economist (1723-1790), a major contributor to the modern perception of free market economics; author of Wealth of Nations (1776). [e]
  • Dugald Stewart [r]: (1753 - 1828) Scottish philosopher of the "common-sense" school who played a major role in making the "Scottish philosophy" predominant in 19th century Europe; known for his theory of taste. [e]
  • Thomas Reid [r]: Scottish philosopher (1710-1796), one of the leading figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, best known as the founder of the "school of common sense". [e]

Other related topics

Figures who influenced or were influenced by the Scottish Enlightement

  • Robert Adam [r]: (1728-1792) Neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer. [e]
  • Andrew Bell [r]: (1726-1809) Scottish engraver who co-founded the Encyclopaedia Britannica [e]

Important places in the Scottish Enlightenment

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