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Parent topics

• Scotland [r]: A country that forms the northernmost part of the United Kingdom; population about 5,200,000. ^[e]
• The Enlightenment [r]: An 18th-century movement in Western philosophy and intellectual life generally, that emphasized the power or reason and science to understand and reform the world. ^[e]

Subtopics

• Poker Club [r]: One of several clubs in Edinburgh that were the focus of intellectual exchange during the Scottish Enlightenment ^[e]

Philosophers

• David Hume [r]: (1711—1776) Scottish philosopher, economist, and historian. ^[e]
• Thomas Reid [r]: Scottish philosopher (1710-1796), one of the leading figures of the Scottish Enlightenment, best known as the founder of the "school of common sense". ^[e]
• James Beattie [r]: (1753-1803) Scottish philosopher and poet. ^[e]
• Adam Ferguson [r]: (1723-1816) philosopher and historian of the Scottish Enlightenment, sometimes called the "father of sociology." ^[e]

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Figures in the Scottish Enlightement

• Frances Hutcheson [r]: (1694-1746) Moral philosopher, prominent in the Scottish Enlightenment, known for his theory of aesthetics (that beauty is not a property of the object, but arises from an innate "aesthetic sense"). ^[e]
• John Clerk [r]: (1728 – 1812), expert in naval tactics, devised strategy used by Nelson at the Battle of Trafalgar ^[e]
• John Playfair [r]: (1748-1819) Scottish mathematician, best known for his explanation and promotion of the work of James Hutton ^[e]
• John Gregory [r]: (1724–1773) Scottish physician who made major contributions to the field of medical ethics. ^[e]
• Adam Smith [r]: Scottish moral philosopher and political economist (1723-1790), a major contributor to the modern perception of free market economics; author of Wealth of Nations (1776). ^[e]
• James Hutton [r]: (1726–1797) Scottish farmer and naturalist, who is known as the founder of modern geology. ^[e]
• Allan Ramsay [r]: (1713–1784) Scottish portrait-painter of the "Rococo Era". ^[e]
• William Cullen [r]: (1710-1790) The leading British physician of the 18th century. ^[e]
• Robert Fergusson [r]: (1750 - 1774) Scottish poet whose verse inspired Robert Burns. ^[e]
• Robert Burns [r]: The National poet of Scotland (1759-96); writer of Auld Lang Syne. ^[e]
• James Watt [r]: Scottish engineer and inventor (1736-1819), best known for major innovations in re the steam engine; the watt (unit of power) is named after him. ^[e]
• Joseph Black [r]: (1728 – 1799) Scottish physicist and chemist, known for his discoveries of latent heat, specific heat, and carbon dioxide ^[e]
• Allan Ramsay (1686-1758) [r]: Poet; his pastoral collection "The Gentle Shepherd" formed the basis of John Gay's "The Beggar's Opera." ^[e]
• James Lind [r]: (1716–1794) Scottish physician and pioneer of naval hygiene, whose recommendation that fresh citrus fruit and lemon juice be added to the diet of sailors saw scurvy eliminated from the British Navy. ^[e]
• Andrew Bell [r]: (1726-1809) Scottish engraver who co-founded the Encyclopaedia Britannica ^[e]
• James Boswell [r]: (1740 - 1795) Scottish author, best known as Samuel Johnson’s biographer, and for the detailed and frank diaries that he kept for much of his life. ^[e]
• William Robertson [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Robert Adam [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Erasmus Darwin [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Sir John Sinclair, 1st Baronet [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Sir Walter Scott [r]: Add brief definition or description
• Sir Henry Raeburn [r]: Add brief definition or description
• John Home [r]: Add brief definition or description

Important places in the Scottish Enlightenment

• Edinburgh [r]: Add brief definition or description