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020			_a9781841586403 1841586404
041			_aeng
050			_aDA812 _b.B76 2001
100			_aBroadie, Alexander
245		4	_aThe Scottish Enlightenment : _bThe Historical Age of the Historical Nation / _cAlexander Broadie
260			_aEdinburgh : _bBirlinn, _c2001
300			_axii, 240 p. : _bill., 1 map ; _c20 cm.
505			_aCover; Title page; Author biography; Copyright page; Contents; Preface; ONE Introduction; TWO The Enlightenment in Scotland; 1 The problem of origin; 2 Thinking for yourself; 3 Theory and practice; 4 Light and darkness; 5 The literati; 6 The age of criticism; 7 Improvement; THREE History and Enlightenment; 1 Why study the past?; 2 The dynamic of society; 3 History and national identity; 4 History and moral philosophy; 5 Conjectural history; 6 The course of history; FOUR Morality and Civil Society; 1 Some key concepts; 2 Nature and society; 3 The fragility of freedom; 4 Patriotism as a passion. 5 Sympathy and education6 A general education; FIVE Enlightened Religion; 1 Religion and Enlightenment; 2 The Natural History of Religion; 3 Why dialogue?; 4 Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion; 5 Kames in trouble; 6 The view from the pulpit of St Giles; SIX Enlightenment in the Arts; 1 Whaur's yer Wullie Shakespeare noo?; 2 Scots in Rome; 3 Painting and education; 4 Portraiture; 5 The craft of painting; 6 Hutcheson's aesthetics; 7 Hume on the standard of taste; SEVEN Science and Enlightenment; 1 Science and its unity; 2 The psychology of scientific discovery. 3 Theology and Newtonian science4 The blind geometer; 5 The age of the earth; Epilogue The End of the Scottish Enlightenment?; Bibliography.
650			_aEnlightenment -- Scotland.Scotland -- Intellectual life -- 18th century.Scotland -- History -- 18th century.
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