Edinburgh clubs and societies [ Clubs & Societies / Associational culture ]
… at the centre of their intellectual and social life to guarantee scientific and intellectual progress. 6 . Further reading: https://digital.nls.uk/learning/scottish-enlightenment/. 7 . Davis D. McElroy, The Literary Clubs and Societies … Case studies were discussed first in the medical societies, then in the scientific and economic societies before spreading to all others in town. Edinburgh societies were considered at the origin of a revolution in the way of thinking, … teachers and students would come and study in Edinburgh. They were motivated to do so by the reputation and the ideas spreading in the networks of the societies on the island and on the Continent. 8 . Tobias Smollett, The Expedition of …
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