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Scottish philosopher and historian; (1723-1816)

Also known as: Adam Fergusson, Ferguson of Raith, Gentleman in the country, Адам Фергюсон, آدم فيرغسون, 애덤 퍼거슨

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Scottish Enlightenment moral philosophy and political economy examining commercial society and the division of labour (AI reason)
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David Hume1711–1776
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Essays and history probing human nature, politics and the progress of society in the Scottish Enlightenment tradition (AI reason)
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William Robertson1721–1793
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Enlightenment historiography tracing the progress of society from rudeness to refinement (AI reason)
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Montesquieu1689–1755
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Comparative study of laws, manners and political institutions that deeply shaped Scottish social theory (AI reason)
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Francis Hutcheson1694–1746
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Moral sense philosophy and civic virtue foundational to the Scottish Enlightenment (AI reason)
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Thomas Reid1710–1796
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Common-sense philosophy of mind and active powers from the same Scottish intellectual milieu (AI reason)
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Henry Home, Lord Kames1696–1782
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Sketches of the history of man and stadial theory of legal and social progress (AI reason)
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Edward Gibbon1737–1794
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Philosophical history of Roman decline, echoing Ferguson's concerns with corruption and civic virtue (AI reason)
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau1712–1778
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Critique of commercial refinement and inquiry into the origins of inequality and civil society (AI reason)
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John Millar1733–1805
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Conjectural history of ranks and social development closely paralleling Ferguson's stadial account of civil society (AI reason)
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