Church and University in the Scottish Enlightenment The Moderate Literati of Edinburgh

Richard B Sher

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This new paperback introduces the "moderate literati of Edinburgh", a group of five churchmen whose ideals and values permeated Enlightenment thought and profoundly influenced 18th century Scottish social history. It describes the collective lives and works of Hugh Blair, Alexander Carlyle, Adam Ferguson, John Home and William Robertson, and analyzes the relationship of the kirk with Enlightenment thought.

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ISBN:	9780748602308
Publisher:	Edinburgh University Press
Imprint:	Edinburgh University Press
Pub date:	06 Dec 1990
Edition:	New Edition
Number of pages:	400
Weight:	571g
Height:	216mm
Width:	138mm