Adam Fergunson: a presentation
In this paper, in the sense of history of ideas, we discuss about the life and works of the Scottish philosopher Adam Ferguson (1723-1816), mainly on his book An Essay on the History of the Civil Society (1767), his most notable work. The key point, a general concern among Scottish thinkers of the X...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | Portuguese |
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Universidade Estadual Paulista
2015-06-01
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| Series: | Revista Sem Aspas |
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| Online Access: | https://periodicos.fclar.unesp.br/semaspas/article/view/7735 |
| Summary: | In this paper, in the sense of history of ideas, we discuss about the life and works of the Scottish philosopher Adam Ferguson (1723-1816), mainly on his book An Essay on the History of the Civil Society (1767), his most notable work. The key point, a general concern among Scottish thinkers of the XVIIIth century, and appears insistently in Ferguson, is the trying to reconcile moral values in a commercial society. We used two commentators, David Kettler and Fania Oz-Salzberger, as well as academic papers and books of other authors as secondary references. |
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| ISSN: | 2238-359X 2358-4238 |