Scottish Enlightenment

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The Scottish Enlightenment was an 18th-century intellectual and cultural movement in Scotland marked by major advances in philosophy, economics, science, and literature, associated with figures such as David Hume and Adam Smith.

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instanceOf cultural movement
historical period
intellectual movement
centeredIn Aberdeen
Edinburgh
Glasgow
characterizedBy common sense philosophy
emphasis on education
empiricism
historical method
moral sense theory
secularization of learning
urban sociability
country Scotland
endTime early 19th century
field aesthetics
economics
education
history
law
literature
moral philosophy
philosophy
political economy
science
theology
hasEconomicIdea division of labour
invisible hand
laissez-faire
hasInstitutionalBase Edinburgh Philosophical Society
Select Society
University of Aberdeen
University of Edinburgh
University of Glasgow
University of St Andrews
hasKeyFigure Adam Ferguson
Adam Smith
Allan Ramsay the Younger
linked to: Allan Ramsay

David Hume
Dugald Stewart
Francis Hutcheson
Henry Home, Lord Kames
Hugh Blair
James Hutton
James Watt
Joseph Black
Thomas Reid
William Robertson
hasScientificContribution modern geology
steam engine improvements
thermochemistry
influenced American Enlightenment
American Revolution intellectual history
French Enlightenment
anthropology
classical economics
modern liberalism
sociology
utilitarianism
influencedBy European Enlightenment
Presbyterianism
Scientific Revolution
Union of 1707
linked to: Acts of Union 1707
languageOfExpression English
Scots
notableWorkProduced A Treatise of Human Nature
An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
An Essay on the History of Civil Society
Essays on the Active Powers of Man
The Theory of Moral Sentiments
The Wealth of Nations
partOf Age of Enlightenment
startTime 18th century
c. 1700

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Age of Enlightenment hasPart Scottish Enlightenment
David Hume movement Scottish Enlightenment
Georgian era hasPart Enlightenment in Britain
linked to: Scottish Enlightenment
Adam Smith movement Scottish Enlightenment
The Wealth of Nations philosophicalContext Scottish Enlightenment
German Enlightenment influencedBy British Enlightenment
linked to: Scottish Enlightenment
American Enlightenment influencedBy Scottish Enlightenment
John Witherspoon movement Scottish Enlightenment
David Home movement Scottish Enlightenment
The Natural History of Religion historicalContext Scottish Enlightenment
James Hutton influencedBy Scottish Enlightenment
James Hutton movement Scottish Enlightenment
Thomas Carlyle movement Scottish Enlightenment (late influence)
linked to: Scottish Enlightenment
Robert Burns movement Scottish Enlightenment
Allan Ramsay movement Scottish Enlightenment
classical economics influencedBy Scottish Enlightenment
The Theory of Moral Sentiments movement Scottish Enlightenment
W. Strahan and T. Cadell associatedWithMovement Scottish Enlightenment
Francis Hutcheson movement Scottish Enlightenment
Canongate Kirkyard associatedWith Scottish Enlightenment
subject linked to: Canongate Kirkyard, Edinburgh
Robert Fergusson movement Scottish Enlightenment
Deutsche Aufklärung relatedMovement Scottish Enlightenment
Adam Ferguson movement Scottish Enlightenment
Hugh Blair movement Scottish Enlightenment
Select Society partOf Scottish Enlightenment
Essays on the Active Powers of Man movement Scottish Enlightenment
Joseph Black partOf Scottish Enlightenment
Dugald Stewart movement Scottish Enlightenment
Henry Home, Lord Kames movement Scottish Enlightenment
Old Town of Edinburgh associatedWith Scottish Enlightenment
Lectures on Moral Philosophy influencedBy Scottish Enlightenment
British Enlightenment influenced Scottish Enlightenment
Athens of the North associatedWith Scottish Enlightenment
Milanese Enlightenment influencedBy Scottish Enlightenment
William Robertson movement Scottish Enlightenment
Philo associatedPhilosophicalTradition Scottish Enlightenment
Theory of the Earth associatedWith Scottish Enlightenment
Hutton's Unconformity at Lochranza associatedWith Scottish Enlightenment
Scottish literature associatedMovement Scottish Enlightenment
Midlands Enlightenment relatedTo Scottish Enlightenment
The Ploughman literaryMovement Scottish Enlightenment
A System of Moral Philosophy influenced Scottish Enlightenment
A System of Moral Philosophy philosophicalSchool Scottish Enlightenment
James Burnett, Lord Monboddo movement Scottish Enlightenment