scholarly journals 'Christopher North' : a memoir of John Wilson, late professor of moral philosophy in the University of Edinburgh / compiled from family papers and other sources by his daughter, Mrs. Gordon, with an introduction by R. Shelton Mackenzie.

1863 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Wilson Gordon ◽  
R. Shelton Mackenzie
Keyword(s):  
Moral Philosophy ◽  
Late Professor ◽  
University Of Edinburgh ◽  
John Wilson ◽  
The University

Adam Ferguson and the Idea of Civil Society

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Craig Smith
Keyword(s):  
Civil Society ◽  
Moral Philosophy ◽  
David Hume ◽  
Adam Smith ◽  
Scottish Enlightenment ◽  
Commercial Society ◽  
University Of Edinburgh ◽  
English Speaking ◽  
English Speaking World ◽  
The University

Adam Ferguson was a Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh and a leading member of the Scottish Enlightenment. A friend of David Hume and Adam Smith, Ferguson was among the leading exponents of the Scottish Enlightenment’s attempts to develop a science of man and was among the first in the English speaking world to make use of the terms civilization, civil society, and political science. This book challenges many of the prevailing assumptions about Ferguson’s thinking. It explores how Ferguson sought to create a methodology for moral science that combined empirically based social theory with normative moralising with a view to supporting the virtuous education of the British elite. The Ferguson that emerges is far from the stereotyped image of a nostalgic republican sceptical about modernity, and instead is one much closer to the mainstream Scottish Enlightenment’s defence of eighteenth century British commercial society.

scholarly journals 1. Biographical Notice of J. S. Mill

1875 ◽  
Vol 8 ◽  
pp. 259-273
Author(s):  
Fraser
Keyword(s):  
Moral Philosophy ◽  
Human Mind ◽  
John Stuart Mill ◽  
Honorary Member ◽  
British India ◽  
Church Of Scotland ◽  
Small Farmer ◽  
University Of Edinburgh ◽  
The University ◽  
The Church

John Stuart Mill was born in London on the 20th of May 1806, and died at Avignon on the 8th of May 1873. He was of Scotch descent. He was connected with Edinburgh not only as having been an honorary member of this Society, but because his father, James Mill, the historian of British India, and author of the “Analysis of the Human Mind,” received his academical education here. His grandfather was a small farmer, at Northwater Bridge, in the county of Angus, of whom I find nothing more recorded. The father, by his extraordinary intellectual promise when a boy, drew the attention of Sir John Stuart, then member for Kincardineshire, by whom he was sent to the University of Edinburgh, at the expense of a fund, established by Lady Jane Stuart and some other ladies, for educating young men for the Church of Scotland. Towards the end of last century, James Mill attended the classes in Arts and Divinity. He was a pupil of Dalziel, the Professor of Greek, whose prelections he attended, I believe, for three sessions, and his philosophical powers were called forth by Dugald Stewart's lectures in Moral Philosophy.

scholarly journals VIII.—Scottish National Antarctic Expedition: Osteology of Antarctic Seals

1909 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
pp. 187-201 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert B. Thomson
Keyword(s):  
Late Professor ◽  
Antarctic Expedition ◽  
Antarctic Seals ◽  
University Of Edinburgh ◽  
The University ◽  
The Antarctic

Through the courtesy of Dr W. S. Bruce, the leader of the Scottish National Antarctic Expedition, and of the late Professor D. J. Cunningham, the skeletons of the seals collected in the Antarctic during the voyage of the Scotia have been placed in my hands for study, and I wish to express my gratitude to these gentlemen for their great kindness in placing all the necessary requirements at my disposal. I also wish to state that Dr Bruce has given to the Museum of the University of Edinburgh a choice of the various skeletons, which, together with the specimens already obtained, will form a comprehensive and almost unique collection of the Antarctic seals.

Adam Ferguson's Pedagogy and his Engagement with Stoicism

2014 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
pp. 199-212 ◽  
Author(s):  
Katherine Nicolai
Keyword(s):  
Moral Philosophy ◽  
Ancient Philosophy ◽  
Scottish Enlightenment ◽  
Lecture Notes ◽  
University Of Edinburgh ◽  
Pedagogical Function ◽  
The University ◽  
Stoic Philosophy

Adam Ferguson, lecturer of moral philosophy at the University of Edinburgh (1764–1785), was one of the leading figures of the Scottish Enlightenment. His published works, however, have sometimes been dismissed as derivative and viewed as less important than some of his contemporaries, because of his reliance on ancient Stoic philosophy. An analysis of Ferguson's lecture notes, conversely, demonstrates Stoicism's pedagogical function. Rather than adopting Stoic principles, Ferguson used their terminology to teach philosophical concepts. Ferguson's nuanced discussion of ancient philosophy in his lectures demonstrated his critiques of the ancient schools and his purpose for employing their language throughout his texts.

III. Account of Matthew Stewart, D. D.

1788 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 57-76
Keyword(s):  
Grammar School ◽  
Late Professor ◽  
University Of Edinburgh ◽  
The University ◽  
The Church

The Reverend Dr Matthew Stewart, late Professor of Mathematics in the University of Edinburgh, was the son of the Reverend Mr Dugald Stewart, Minister of Rothsay in the Isle of Bute, and was born at that place in the year 1717. After having finished his course at the grammar-school, being intended by his father for the Church, he was sent to the University of Glasgow, and was entered there as a student in 1734. His academical studies were prosecuted with diligence and success; and he was so happy as to be particularly distinguished by the friendship of Dr Hutcheson and Dr Simson. With the latter, indeed, he soon became very intimately connected; for though it is said, that his predilection for the Mathematics did not instantly appear on his application to the study of that science, yet the particular direction of his talents was probably observed by his master before it was perceived by himself.

scholarly journals MEMORIAL TO THE LATE PROFESSOR ANNANDALE, PROFESSOR OF CLINICAL SURGERY IN THE UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH.

The Lancet ◽  
1908 ◽  
Vol 171 (4417) ◽  
pp. 1237-1238
Author(s):  
WM. Turner ◽  
J.M. Cotterill ◽  
H.M.D. Watson
Keyword(s):  
Late Professor ◽  
University Of Edinburgh ◽  
The University

scholarly journals XLII.—Biographical Sketch of Adam Ferguson, LL.D., F.R.S.E., Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Edinburgh

1864 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 599-665 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Small
Keyword(s):  
Moral Philosophy ◽  
Biographical Sketch ◽  
University Of Edinburgh ◽  
The University

The Memoir now submitted to the Society, while it details the chief events in the life of a man who occupied a distinguished place in the literature of Scotland, at a period when it had attained a high reputation, cannot claim to be so complete as might be desired. His life was prolonged for several years after nearly all of his early friends had passed away; and since his death many papers have been destroyed or have fallen aside, which would now be of the greatest interest.Whilst in this way much has been lost that might have given greater completeness to these pages, still, the recent publication of the Diary of his friend Dr Carlyle of Inveresk, has furnished many additional details, and afforded further evidence of the estimation in which he was held by his literary associates.Several letters selected from the lives of his distinguished friends, and from the Manuscript Collection of the University, in addition to information derived from the short notices of his life already printed, have afforded the materials for preparing this sketch of one, whose career was more varied, while his public labours and literary connections were not less important and extensive, than those of any of his contemporaries.

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