Abstract

This is the first book in a series entitled Routledge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Philosophy. Its author is well-known in studies of the Scottish Enlightenment; in fact, Davie could be called the dean of such studies. His previous books are The Democratic Intellect: Scotland and her Universities in the Nineteenth Century; The Crisis of the Democratic Intellect; and two volumes of essays on the Scottish Enlightenment. The text of the present book was written in 1953 but was never published until now and was awarded a D. Litt. degree at the University of Edinburgh, which helps explain some things about its style.