Scottish Enlightenment [ Political & Moral philosophy ]
… has demonstrated, sociability for the Scots impinged on discussions of everything from race and language to religion and empire – and much else besides. 1 . David Hume, ‘Of Essay Writing’ in Essays Moral, Political, and Literary, ed. Eugene … continued to exist powerful networks of aristocratic patronage linking Edinburgh to the worlds of London and the wider empire throughout the eighteenth century. But it is true that the many societies, clubs, coffee houses and taverns …
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