Scottish Enlightenment [ Political & Moral philosophy ]
… Image Thomas Hosmer Shepherd, ‘The monument to John Playfair (right) and the New Observatory (left) on Calton Hill, Edinburgh. Line engraving by A. Cruse after T. H. … to render them a proper Exercise for the Mind: And this brings Mankind together in Society, where every one displays his Thoughts and Observations in the best Manner he is able, and mutually gives and receives Information, as well … Society (instituted as a debating society in 1754); the Oyster Club (its openness and diversity was underlined by John Playfair); and the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh (the later Royal Society of Edinburgh). The diverse mixture and the …
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