The life of William Robertson: minister, historian, and principal
A prominent figure in the Scottish Enlightenment, William Robertson differed from his better-known contemporaries, such as Voltaire, Hume and Gibbon, because he used the critical tools of the Enlightenment not to attack religion but to strengthen it. As a historian, he helped shape 18th-century hist...
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| Langue: | Anglais |
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Edinburgh
Edinburgh University Press
[2017]
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| Dans: | Année: 2017 |
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Robertson, William 1721-1793
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Historians (Scotland) Biography
B Clergy (Scotland) Biography B Biographie B Robertson, William (1721-1793) |
| Résumé: | A prominent figure in the Scottish Enlightenment, William Robertson differed from his better-known contemporaries, such as Voltaire, Hume and Gibbon, because he used the critical tools of the Enlightenment not to attack religion but to strengthen it. As a historian, he helped shape 18th-century historiography. As a minister of the Church of Scotland, he sought to make the church fit for a polite age. And, as principal of the University of Edinburgh, he presided over a flourishing of intellectual inquiry in the midst of the Enlightenment. But despite his European fame, he was a controversial figure. Drawing extensively on his unpublished correspondence, Jeffrey Smitten captures both the man and his work in his own words. By foregrounding Robertson's religious outlook, he offers a more contextualized and nuanced interpretation of his motives, intentions, as well as his beliefs than we have had before |
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| Description: | Literaturverzeichnis Seite 246-259 |
| ISBN: | 0748646108 |