Scottish Enlightenment

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cultural movement historical period intellectual movement

The Scottish Enlightenment was an 18th-century intellectual and cultural movement in Scotland marked by major advances in philosophy, economics, science, and literature, associated with figures such as David Hume and Adam Smith.

Aliases (3)

British Enlightenment ×1
Enlightenment in Britain ×1
Scottish Enlightenment (late influence) ×1

Statements (74)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	cultural movement → historical period → intellectual movement →
centeredIn	Aberdeen → Edinburgh → Glasgow →
characterizedBy	common sense philosophy → emphasis on education → empiricism → historical method → moral sense theory → secularization of learning → urban sociability →
country	Scotland →
endTime	early 19th century →
field	aesthetics → economics → education → history → law → literature → moral philosophy → philosophy → political economy → science → theology →
hasEconomicIdea	division of labour → invisible hand → laissez-faire →
hasInstitutionalBase	Edinburgh Philosophical Society → Select Society → University of Aberdeen → University of Edinburgh → University of Glasgow → University of St Andrews →
hasKeyFigure	Adam Ferguson → Adam Smith → Allan Ramsay the Younger → David Hume → Dugald Stewart → Francis Hutcheson → Henry Home, Lord Kames → Hugh Blair → James Hutton → James Watt → Joseph Black → Thomas Reid → William Robertson →
hasScientificContribution	modern geology → steam engine improvements → thermochemistry →
influenced	American Enlightenment → American Revolution intellectual history → French Enlightenment → anthropology → classical economics → modern liberalism → sociology → utilitarianism →
influencedBy	European Enlightenment → Presbyterianism → Scientific Revolution → Union of 1707 →
languageOfExpression	English → Scots →
notableWorkProduced	A Treatise of Human Nature → An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding → An Essay on the History of Civil Society → Essays on the Active Powers of Man → The Theory of Moral Sentiments → The Wealth of Nations →
partOf	Age of Enlightenment →
startTime	18th century → c. 1700 →

Referenced by (40)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Adam Ferguson → Adam Smith → Allan Ramsay → David Home → David Hume → Dugald Stewart → Essays on the Active Powers of Man → Francis Hutcheson → Henry Home, Lord Kames → Hugh Blair → James Hutton → John Witherspoon → Robert Burns → Robert Fergusson → The Theory of Moral Sentiments → Thomas Carlyle ("Scottish Enlightenment (late influence)") → William Robertson →	movement
American Enlightenment → German Enlightenment ("British Enlightenment") → James Hutton → Lectures on Moral Philosophy → Milanese Enlightenment → classical economics →	influencedBy
Athens of the North → Canongate Kirkyard → Old Town of Edinburgh → Section I Of the Different Species of Philosophy → The Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam →	associatedWith
Age of Enlightenment → Georgian era ("Enlightenment in Britain") →	hasPart
Joseph Black → Select Society →	partOf
Philo →	associatedPhilosophicalTradition
W. Strahan and T. Cadell →	associatedWithMovement
The Natural History of Religion →	historicalContext
British Enlightenment →	influenced
The Wealth of Nations →	philosophicalContext
An Essay on the History of Civil Society →	philosophicalMovement
Of the Dignity or Meanness of Human Nature →	philosophicalTradition
Deutsche Aufklärung →	relatedMovement