What was David Hume saying? What’s the idea that’s driving it? Robert Galvin: The biggest thing that came out of the Scottish Enlightenment as it impacted our country was an understanding of ...

Every history nerd dreams of finding an old message in a bottle, whether the bottle is floating in the ocean or concealed in ...

Series exploring the life and work of Scottish philosophers Adam Smith and David Hume. Smith was known as the 'father of modern economics' and Hume was considered an architect of the Enlightenment ...

The ideas of this Scottish Enlightenment are exported to the colonies and fan the flames of revolution against the evils and cruelties of Empire.

But for the upcoming novel, she cites the Scottish Enlightenment philosopher David Hume. “With ‘Sunrise on the Reaping,’ I was inspired by David Hume’s idea of implicit submission and ...

But for the upcoming novel, she cites the Scottish Enlightenment philosopher David Hume. "With 'Sunrise on the Reaping,' I was inspired by David Hume's idea of implicit submission and, in his ...