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Scottish
Enlightenment

The
Cambridge Companion to the Scottish... Enlightenment. The
Cambridge Companion to the Scottish Enlightenment offers a philosophical
perspective on an eighteenth-century movement that has been
profoundly influential on western culture. A distinguished team
of contributors examines the writings of David Hume, Adam Smith,
Thomas Reid, Adam Ferguson, Colin Maclaurin and other Scottish
thinkers, in fields including philosophy, natural theology,
economics, anthropology, natural science and law. In addition,
the contributors relate the Scottish Enlightenment to its historical
context and assess its impact and legacy in Europe, America
and beyond. The result is a comprehensive and accessible volume
that illuminates the richness, the intellectual variety and
the underlying unity of this important movement. It will be
of interest to a wide range of readers in philosophy, theology,
literature and the history of ideas.

America's
Founding Secret: What the... Scottish Enlightenment Taught
Our Founding Fathers. In the history of America's founding,
the names of Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, Alexander Hamilton,
John Adams and other founding fathers loom large. But few Americans
today would recognise the role played by such men as Francis
Hutcheson, Adam Smith, Thomas Reid, Dugald Stewart, David Hume
and other philosophers of the Scottish Enlightenment. In this
book, Robert W. Gavin, retired Chairman of the Board of Motorola,
Inc. and one of America's most respected corporate leaders,
reminds us of the fundamental debt that our founding fathers
and this nation owe to this extraordinary group of Scottish
thinkers. In the Scottish Enlightenment, America's founders
themselves found the philosophical underpinnings for a government
conceived and defined with the intent to promote economic progress
in commerce based on private capital means. Concise and accessible,
"America's Founding Secret" should change the way
Americans look at their nation's beginning and remind us again
of the fundamental connection between private enterprise and
freedom that remains at the heart of the American experiment.

The
Scottish Enlightenment: The Scots'... Invention of the Modern
World. Arthur Herman argues that Scotland's turbulent history,
from William Wallace to the Presbyterian Lords of the Covenant,
laid the foundations for 'the Scottish miracle'. Harsh economic
reality compelled Scotland into the act of Union with England
in 1707, a move considered by many Scots at the time to sound
the death-knell for their country and its culture. Within decades,
however, a remarkable circle of Scottish thinkers, including
David Hume and Adam Smith, gave birth to the key assumptions
that underlie modern politics, economics, morals and cultural
life. The Scots went on to become the mainstays of the British
Empire, infusing this system of exploitation with a spirit of
co-operation. Emigration to America brought inspiration for
the American Revolution, and ultimately, towering figures such
as Alexander Carnegie and Alexander Graham Bell fuelled the
rise of America's capitalist democracy. Written with wit, erudition
and clarity, The Scottish Enlightenment traces the pervasive
influence of a nation and its people to claim their rightful
place in the history of the western world.
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