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...], the political economist [[Adam Smith]], the philosopher and historian [[Adam Ferguson]], the inventor [[James Watt]], and the mathematician [[John Playfair]]. A

*[[Adam Ferguson]]

In 1785, [[Adam Ferguson]] exchanged the moral chair in the [[University of Edinburgh]] for that of

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...), 1755; Caesar Beccaria (''A Discourse on Public Economy and Commerce''); Adam Ferguson (''An Essay on the History of Civil Society''), 1767; David Hume (1711-1776

...rs'' (1753), to ridicule Christian folly and promote the rule of reason. [[Adam Ferguson]] (1723-1816) introduced the perspective of the [[Scottish Enlightenment]]

*[[Adam Ferguson]] (1723-1816), who was a Professor of Moral Philosophy at Edinburgh is know