Henry Home, Lord Kames, and the Scottish Enlightenment: A Study in National Character and in the History of Ideas
Springer (Verlag)
978-94-017-0039-9 (ISBN)
I Chiefly Biographical and Historical.- I. Family Background and Early Years.- II. The Years of his Advocateship.- III. Lord Karnes as Lord of Session and Lord of Justiciary.- IV. The High-Court Judge and the World of Letters: Historical and Biographical.- V. At Home and among Friends: Domestic Relations and Sociability.- VI. “I Fly to my Farm”: A Gentleman Farmer in Overalls.- VII. “For the Good of my Country”: A Study in Public Spirit and Public Service.- VIII. Political Activities and Concern with Public Affairs.- IX. Personal Credo and Life Values.- X. Summary Characterization of Kames the Man.- II Chiefly Theoretical: Lines of Kames’s Thinking and His Contributions to the World of Ideas.- XI. Common-Sense Philosopher and Observer of the Ways of Men.- XII. Through the Eyes of Clio: The Historical Approach.- XIII. Kames’s Philosophy of Law; or, his General View of Jurisprudence.- XIV. Literary Criticism and the Question of Style in Writing.- XV. Education and the Status of Women, and some Anthropological Miscellanies.- XVI. Political and Economic Theory.- XVII. The High-Court Judge and Common-Sense Philosopher Looks at Religion.- XVIII. Summary and Evaluation Dynamic Relations between the Man and the Movement of Life and Thought and Culture.- Appendices.- 1. Selections from Kames’s Letters.- 2. Selections from Prefaces, Dedications, etc..- 3. Proposal for the Reform of Entails.- 4. A Universal Prayer.- 5. Epitaph by a Friend.- 6. Home-Drummond Family Postscript.- Bibliography of Kames’s Publications.- Princepal Sources on Kames’ Life and Background.- General Bibliography.
Erscheint lt. Verlag | 1.1.1971 |
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Reihe/Serie | International Archives of the History of Ideas / Archives internationales d'histoire des idées ; 41 |
Zusatzinfo | 1 Illustrations, black and white; XXVI, 358 p. 1 illus. |
Verlagsort | Dordrecht |
Sprache | englisch |
Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
Themenwelt | Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte |
Schulbuch / Wörterbuch ► Lexikon / Chroniken | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte | |
Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Philosophie der Neuzeit | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung ► Politische Theorie | |
Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie | |
ISBN-10 | 94-017-0039-7 / 9401700397 |
ISBN-13 | 978-94-017-0039-9 / 9789401700399 |
Zustand | Neuware |
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