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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Predicate Object
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 ⓘ
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The Theory of Moral Sentiments → movement → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ
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British Enlightenment → influenced → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ
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Milanese Enlightenment → influencedBy → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ
William Robertson → movement → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ
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Theory of the Earth → associatedWith → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ
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Scottish literature → associatedMovement → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ
Midlands Enlightenment → relatedTo → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ
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James Burnett, Lord Monboddo → movement → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ