1st Edition

Adam Ferguson His Social and Political Thought

By David Kettler Copyright 2005
392 Pages
by Routledge

392 Pages
by Routledge

The thought of Adam Ferguson generated great excitement among many of his philosophic contemporaries in the late eighteenth century, and it continues to inspire the modern reader. This major study by David Kettler is an ideal introduction to Ferguson's life and thought. The new introduction to this first paperback edition discusses Ferguson's work in relation to his better-known contemporaries... Read more
Introduction; I: Adam Ferguson’s Situation; I: The Transformation of Scotland; II: The Emerging Intelligentsia; III: Adam Ferguson: Biography; IV: Adam Ferguson: Political Opinion aud Political Practice; II: Adam Ferguson’s Moral Philosophy; V: The Possibility of Knowledge; VI: The Virtuous Man; 7: Virtue and Society; Afterword

Biography

David Kettler