Henry Home, Lord Kames

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Henry Home, Lord Kames was an influential 18th-century Scottish judge, philosopher, and writer whose works on law, morality, and aesthetics made him a central figure of the Scottish Enlightenment.

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instanceOf Enlightenment philosopher ⓘ
Scottish Enlightenment figure ⓘ
Scottish judge ⓘ
human ⓘ
legal scholar ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
writer ⓘ
birthName Henry Home ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1696 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1782 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Edinburgh ⓘ
ethnicGroup Scottish ⓘ
fieldOfWork aesthetics ⓘ
agricultural improvement ⓘ
law ⓘ
legal history ⓘ
moral philosophy ⓘ
genre aesthetic criticism ⓘ
legal treatise ⓘ
philosophical literature ⓘ
honorificTitle Lord Kames ⓘ
influenced Scottish Enlightenment thought ⓘ
aesthetic theory in Britain ⓘ
legal theory in Scotland ⓘ
influencedBy Francis Hutcheson ⓘ
natural law tradition ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalSystem Scots law ⓘ
memberOf Court of Session ⓘ
linked to: College of Justice

Scottish judiciary ⓘ
movement Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ
nativeLanguage Scots ⓘ
notableIdea empirical approach to aesthetics ⓘ
historical development of law ⓘ
notableWork Elements of Criticism ⓘ
Essays on the Principles of Morality and Natural Religion ⓘ
Historical Law-Tracts ⓘ
Sketches of the History of Man ⓘ
occupation judge ⓘ
legal theorist ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Berwickshire, Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Berwickshire
placeOfDeath Edinburgh, Scotland ⓘ
linked to: Edinburgh
positionHeld Lord of Justiciary ⓘ
Lord of Session ⓘ
residence Edinburgh ⓘ
spouse Agnes Carre ⓘ

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