Henry Home, Lord Kames

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Enlightenment philosopher Scottish Enlightenment figure Scottish judge human legal scholar philosopher writer

Henry Home, Lord Kames was an influential 18th-century Scottish judge, philosopher, and writer whose works on law, morality, and aesthetics made him a central figure of the Scottish Enlightenment.

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instanceOf Enlightenment philosopher ⓘ
Scottish Enlightenment figure ⓘ
Scottish judge ⓘ
human ⓘ
legal scholar ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
writer ⓘ
birthName Henry Home ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Kingdom of Great Britain ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1696 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1782 ⓘ
educatedAt University of Edinburgh ⓘ
ethnicGroup Scottish ⓘ
fieldOfWork aesthetics ⓘ
agricultural improvement ⓘ
law ⓘ
legal history ⓘ
moral philosophy ⓘ
genre aesthetic criticism ⓘ
legal treatise ⓘ
philosophical literature ⓘ
honorificTitle Henry Home, Lord Kames self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lord Kames
influenced Scottish Enlightenment thought ⓘ
aesthetic theory in Britain ⓘ
legal theory in Scotland ⓘ
influencedBy Francis Hutcheson ⓘ
natural law tradition ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
legalSystem Scots law (to a limited extent) ⓘ
surface form: Scots law
memberOf College of Justice ⓘ
surface form: Court of Session

Scottish judiciary ⓘ
movement Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ
nativeLanguage Scots ⓘ
notableIdea empirical approach to aesthetics ⓘ
historical development of law ⓘ
notableWork Elements of Criticism ⓘ
An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals ⓘ
surface form: Essays on the Principles of Morality and Natural Religion

Historical Law-Tracts ⓘ
Esquisse d’un tableau historique des progrès de l’esprit humain ⓘ
surface form: Sketches of the History of Man
occupation judge ⓘ
legal theorist ⓘ
philosopher ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Berwickshire ⓘ
surface form: Berwickshire, Scotland
placeOfDeath Edinburgh ⓘ
surface form: Edinburgh, Scotland
positionHeld Lord Justice General ⓘ
surface form: Lord of Justiciary

Lord President of the Court of Session ⓘ
surface form: Lord of Session
residence Edinburgh ⓘ
spouse Agnes Carre ⓘ

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