Scotland and France in the EnlightenmentDeidre Dawson, Pierre Morère The Scottish and French Enlightenments are arguably the two intellectual movements of the eighteenth century that were most influential in shaping the modern age. The essays in Scotland and France in the Enlightenment explore a wide range of topics of historical relevance to eighteenth-century scholars, while engaging students with broad interdisciplinary interests in the humanities and social sciences. The ways in which Scottish philosophy influenced French painting, how the Encyclopaedia Britannica presented the French Revolution, the impact of Macpherson's Ossian on the development of French Romanticism, the moral education of children, the relation between reflection and perception in the arts and in moral life, humankind's relationship to other animals, and the links between violence and imagination, fear and sanity, are only some of the topics covered. This challenging selection of essays comparing Scottish and French enlightenment views of natural history, jurisprudence, moral philosophy, history, and art history complicates and enriches the notion of Enlightenment, and will inaugurate a new field of Franco-Scottish studies. |
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The Story of a French and Scottish Fraud | 61 |
Scottish Influences on JBA Suard and LateEighteenthCentury French Taste and Criticism | 74 |
The French Taste for Scottish Literary Romanticism | 90 |
Scott and France | 108 |
French Art and the Scottish Enlightenment | 128 |
Encylopaedias and Natural History | 159 |
A Comparison of the Longevity of the Encyclopaedia Britannica with the Encyclopedie | 161 |
Philosophy and Political Thought | 219 |
Hume and French Philosophy | 221 |
The Representation of Adam Smith and David Hume in the Année Littéraire and the Journal Encyclopédique | 240 |
Sophie de Grouchys Translation and Critique of Smiths Theory of Moral Sentiments | 264 |
Robert Wallace and Rousseau on the Republic of Virtue | 284 |
A Comparative View of the Legal Enlightenment | 305 |
Contributors | 331 |
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The Encyclopaedia Britannica and the French Revolution | 175 |
A Scottish Reception of Buffon and Condillac | 192 |
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