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.

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Label	Occurrences
Scottish Enlightenment canonical	93
Scottish Enlightenment era	3
British Enlightenment	1
Enlightenment in Britain	1
Scottish Enlightenment (late influence)	1
Scottish Enlightenment culture	1
Scottish Enlightenment intellectual tradition	1
Scottish Enlightenment thought	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	Royal Society of Edinburgh ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ surface form: 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	Age of Enlightenment ⓘ surface form: European Enlightenment Presbyterianism ⓘ Scientific Revolution ⓘ Acts of Union 1707 ⓘ surface form: 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 (102)

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Age of Enlightenment → hasPart → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

David Hume → movement → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

Georgian era → hasPart → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

this entity surface form: Enlightenment in Britain

Adam Smith → movement → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

The Wealth of Nations → philosophicalContext → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

German Enlightenment → influencedBy → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

this entity surface form: British Enlightenment

American Enlightenment → influencedBy → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

John Witherspoon → movement → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

David Home → movement → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

The Natural History of Religion → historicalContext → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

James Hutton → influencedBy → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

James Hutton → movement → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

Thomas Carlyle → movement → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

this entity surface form: Scottish Enlightenment (late influence)

Robert Burns → movement → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

Allan Ramsay → movement → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

classical economics → influencedBy → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

The Theory of Moral Sentiments → movement → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

W. Strahan and T. Cadell → associatedWithMovement → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

Francis Hutcheson → movement → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

Canongate Kirkyard, Edinburgh → associatedWith → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

subject surface form: Canongate Kirkyard

Robert Fergusson → movement → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

Deutsche Aufklärung → relatedMovement → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

Adam Ferguson → movement → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

Hugh Blair → movement → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

Select Society → partOf → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

Essays on the Active Powers of Man → movement → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

Joseph Black → partOf → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

An Essay on the History of Civil Society → philosophicalMovement → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

Dugald Stewart → movement → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

Henry Home, Lord Kames → movement → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

Old Town of Edinburgh → associatedWith → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

Lectures on Moral Philosophy → influencedBy → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

Of the Dignity or Meanness of Human Nature → philosophicalTradition → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

British Enlightenment → influenced → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

Section I Of the Different Species of Philosophy → associatedWith → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

Athens of the North → associatedWith → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

The Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam → associatedWith → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

Milanese Enlightenment → influencedBy → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

William Robertson → movement → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

Philo → associatedPhilosophicalTradition → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

Theory of the Earth → associatedWith → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

Hutton's Unconformity at Lochranza → associatedWith → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

Scottish literature → associatedMovement → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

Midlands Enlightenment → relatedTo → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

The Ploughman → literaryMovement → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

A System of Moral Philosophy → influenced → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

A System of Moral Philosophy → philosophicalSchool → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

A Short Introduction to Moral Philosophy → philosophicalTradition → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

James Burnett, Lord Monboddo → movement → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ

An Inquiry into the Original of Our Ideas of Beauty and Virtue → influenced → Scottish Enlightenment ⓘ