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Character, self, and sociability in the Scottish Enlightenment
Thomas Ahnert,Susan Manning +1 more
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In this paper, the authors present a survey of character and cosmopolitanism in the Scottish Enlightenment, including the Not-So-Prodigal Son, the letters between Boswell and his son, and a discussion of the possibility of character formation.Abstract:
Reid and Hume on the Possibility of Character J.A.Harris Adam Smith's Rhetorical Art of Character S.McKenna The Moral Education of Mankind: Character and Religious Moderatism in the Sermons of Hugh Blair T.Ahnert The Not-So-Prodigal Son: James Boswell and the Scottish Enlightenment A.La-Vopa Character, Sociability and Correspondence: Elizabeth Griffith and The Letters between Henry and Frances E.T.Bannet Smellie's Dreams: Character and Consciousness in the Scottish Enlightenment P.M.William Aspects of Character and Sociability in Scottish Enlightenment Medicine N.Vickers The 'Peculiar Colouring of the Mind': Character and Painted Portraiture in the Scottish Enlightenment V.Coltman National Characters and Race: A Scottish Enlightenment Debate S.Sebastiani Character and Cosmopolitanism in the Scottish-American Enlightenment H.Spahn Historical Characters: Biography, the Science of Man, and Romantic Fiction S.Manning Necessity, Freedom, and Character Formation from the Eighteenth Century to the Nineteenth J.Seigelread more
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