Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Annual Burns Chronicle and Club Directory: January, 1904
The theological polemics which were born of the Reforma tion and had dominated the minds of Scotsmen during the greater part of the seventeenth century, to the exclusion of nearly every other form of thought, had at least the merit of preparing the Scottish mind for the reception of philosophy. With the. Revolution of 1688 peace was restored to Scotland, and with it came a more favourable opportunity for study and re?ectionwhich is ever the fore-runner of intellectual progress. This was a fitting season for the inception of philosophical ideas, and though originally inspired by the speculations of former ages, they rapidly assumed a national complexion and rose to the distinction of a school designated the School of Scottish Philosophy. The first three authors who held the field in Scot tish Philosophy during the earlier and larger half of the eight eenth century were Francis Hutcheson, Andrew Baxter, and David Hume. The first of the trio was the reputed founder of the school; though an Irishman by birth he was of Scottish descent. His grandfather, Alexander Hutcheson, was a native of Ayrshire, but emigrated to Ulster and was located as Presbyterian minister of Saintfield in County Down.
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