Scottish Enlightenment [ Political & Moral philosophy ]
… federal union like Andrew Fletcher of Saltoun, and an acceptance of Anglo-Scottish 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, … the Select Society. Many of these were dedicated to the causes of Scottish economic and agricultural prosperity, to the refinement of manners and the culture of the mind, and to the understanding of the distinctive problems facing Scotland … the forms of ‘ deference and civility ’ that were essential to the sociable ‘ arts of conversation, ’ but such refinements and politeness were less the result of natural sociability than of a long and arduous process of …
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