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Parent topics

•  Scotland: A country that forms the northernmost part of the United Kingdom; population about 5,200,000. ^[e]
•  The Enlightenment: An 18th-century movement in Western philosophy and intellectual life generally, that emphasized the power or reason and science to understand and reform the world. ^[e]

Subtopics

•  Poker Club: One of several clubs in Edinburgh that were the focus of intellectual exchange during the Scottish Enlightenment ^[e]

Philosophers

•  James Beattie: (1753-1803) Scottish philosopher and poet. ^[e]
• Hugh Blair: (1718 – 1800) Professor of Rhetoric and Belles Lettres at the University of Edinburgh, and Presbyterian preacher whose sermons and writings made a major contribution to the Scottish Enlightenment. ^[e]
•  James Burnet, Lord Monboddo: (1714 - 1799) Scottish judge and anthropologist, a leading figure in the Scottish Enlightenment of the 18th century, best remembered as a founder of comparative historical linguistics. ^[e]
•  Erasmus Darwin: (1731-1802) Physician, poet, philosopher, botanist, and naturalist; grandfather of Charles Darwin. ^[e]
•  Adam Ferguson: (1723-1816) philosopher and historian of the Scottish Enlightenment, sometimes called the "father of sociology." ^[e]
•  Henry Home, Lord Kames: (1696 – 1782) Scottish philosoper and adcocate, and a leading member of the Scottish Enlightenment; notably, he argued that the politics of Scotland were not based on loyalty to Kings or Queens but on property ownership. ^[e]
•  David Hume: (1711—1776) Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian. ^[e]
•  Frances Hutcheson: (1694-1746) Moral philosopher, prominent in the Scottish Enlightenment, known for his theory of aesthetics (that beauty is not a property of the object, but arises from an innate "aesthetic sense"). ^[e]
•  John Millar: (1735 – 1801) philosopher and historian, professor of civil law at Glasgow University, pioneer of the concept of economic determinism. ^[e]
•  Adam Smith: Scottish moral philosopher and political economist (1723-1790), a major contributor to the modern perception of free market economics; author of Wealth of Nations (1776). ^[e]
•  Dugald Stewart: (1753 - 1828) Scottish philosopher of the "common-sense" school who played a major role in making the "Scottish philosophy" predominant in 19th century Europe; known for his theory of taste. ^[e]
•  Thomas Reid: Scottish philosopher (1710-1796), one of the leading figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, best known as the founder of the "school of common sense". ^[e]

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Figures who influenced or were influenced by the Scottish Enlightement

• Robert Adam: (1728-1792) Neoclassical architect, interior designer and furniture designer. ^[e]
• Andrew Bell: (1726-1809) Scottish engraver who co-founded the Encyclopaedia Britannica ^[e]
• James Boswell: (1740 - 1795) Scottish author, best known as Samuel Johnson’s biographer, and for the detailed and frank diaries that he kept for much of his life. ^[e]
•  Joseph Black: (1728 – 1799) Scottish physicist and chemist, known for his discoveries of latent heat, specific heat, and carbon dioxide ^[e]
•  Thomas Blacklock: (1721 - 1791) The"blind poet", an early supporter of Robert Burns. ^[e]
•  Robert Burns: The National poet of Scotland (1759-96); writer of Auld Lang Syne. ^[e]
•  Alexander Carlyle: (1722-1805) Scottish church leader and autobiographer. ^[e]
•  William Cullen: (1710-1790) The leading British physician of the 18th century. ^[e]
•  Andrew Duncan: (1744- 1877) Scottish medical reformer, best known for his humane treatment of the mentally ill. ^[e]
•  Robert Fergusson: (1750 - 1774) Scottish poet whose verse inspired Robert Burns. ^[e]
•  John Gregory: (1724–1773) Scottish physician who made major contributions to the field of medical ethics. ^[e]
•  John Home: (1722–1808) Scottish poet and dramatist. ^[e]
•  James Hutton: (1726–1797) Scottish farmer and naturalist, who is known as the founder of modern geology. ^[e]
•  James Lind: (1716–1794) Scottish physician and pioneer of naval hygiene, whose recommendation that fresh citrus fruit and lemon juice be added to the diet of sailors saw scurvy eliminated from the British Navy. ^[e]
•  Colin MacLaurin: (1698–1746) Scottish mathematician who published the first systematic exposition of Newton's calculus. ^[e]
•  John Playfair: (1748-1819) Scottish mathematician, best known for his explanation and promotion of the work of James Hutton ^[e]
• Sir Henry Raeburn: (1756-1823) Scottish portrait painter; best known work is Reverend Robert Walker (1755-1808) Skating on Duddingston Loch ^[e]
•  Allan Ramsay: (1713–1784) Scottish portrait-painter of the "Rococo Era". ^[e]
•  Allan Ramsay (1686–1758): Poet who wrote mainly in the Scots vernacular, and is best known for his pastoral verse-play "The Gentle Shepherd". ^[e]
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•  Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet: Add brief definition or description
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• James Watt: Add brief definition or description

Important places in the Scottish Enlightenment

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