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May 26, 2020
in European History, Philosophy

The Scottish Enlightenment

May 26, 2020
in European History, Philosophy

J. H. Elliott— When asserting their equality of status with English men and women in the British national enterprise, Scots in the 1760s and early 1770s could point to Scotland’s new-found prosperity and to the dramatic improvements in the agrarian economy made in recent years. At this rate they would

November 8, 2010
in History, Philosophy

Adam Smith Brought into the Spotlight

November 8, 2010
in History, Philosophy

In the prologue to Adam Smith: An Enlightened Life, historian Nicholas Phillipson acknowledges the difficulty of writing about a man who left little to write about. A fastidious author and scholar who disdained any prospect of misinterpretation, Smith had his letters, notes, and unfinished manuscripts destroyed before his death in