Scottish Enlightenment [ Political & Moral philosophy ]
… J. Russell, ‘Map of Scotland’, Wellcome Library, 576763i, 1804. Abstract The Scottish Enlightenment is an epoch-making intellectual current within the European history of sociability. First, this is an exceptional blending of the theory and … 1742 essay ‘ Of essay writing’, the Scottish philosopher David Hume gave a clue to the centrality of sociability to the intellectual and cultural life of the Scottish Enlightenment. While the pursuits of the ‘ Learned ’ required ‘ Leisure … as well as Pleasure. 1 The passage reflects Hume ’s positive evaluation not just of the pleasures but also of the intellectual value of sociability and polite conversation, along with his abiding admiration for those of a ‘sociable …
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