Enlightenment Edinburgh: A Guide Sheila Szatkowski
Enlightenment Edinburgh: A Guide Sheila Szatkowski During the 18th century, Edinburgh was the intellectual hub of the Western world. Others such as James Hutton, Joseph Black, Lord Hailes, Sir John…
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Enlightenment Edinburgh: A Guide Sheila Szatkowski
During the 18th century, Edinburgh was the intellectual hub of the Western world. Others such as James Hutton, Joseph Black, Lord Hailes, Sir John Clerk of Eldin and Robert Adam pushed ahead with new discoveries and ideas in the fields of science, medicine, law and architecture. Adam Smith, David Hume, Dugald Stewart and Adam Ferguson delivered their diverse tomes on philosophy and political economy.
In this informative and highly illustrated guide Sheila Szatkowski introduces the noteworthy buildings and people of 18th and early 19th-century Edinburgh. If Edinburgh was the beating heart of this Scottish Enlightenment then its physical embodiment was the New Town and the great civic improvements in the old medieval city. It is a book about people and places, clubs and conversations, and a celebration of how topography and cultural achievement came together to create the great
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