Scottish Enlightenment [ Political & Moral philosophy ]
… analysis of human social nature, but also writing philosophical or ‘conjectural’ histories of the development of human societies, which would at least partly be succeeded by historical sociology developed in the post-Enlightenment period. … effervescence lay in the distinctive modes of sociability forged in the nation’s debating clubs, universities, patriotic societies and comm ercial spaces in the wake of the 1707 Union. Even the outstanding individual achievements of … Union as an engine of commerce and ‘ refinement. ’ And yet another was the formation of a multitude of patriotic societies devoted to Scotland’s improvement, ranging from the most informal of convivial clubs to more formalised …
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