Author | Lehmann, William C. author |
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Title | Henry Home, Lord Kames, and the Scottish Enlightenment: A Study in National Character and in the History of Ideas [electronic resource] / by William C. Lehmann |
Imprint | Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands : Imprint: Springer, 1971 |
Connect to | http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-94-015-7582-9 |
Descript | XXVI, 358 p. online resource |
I Chiefly Biographical and Historical -- I. Family Background and Early Years -- II. The Years of his Advocateship -- III. Lord Karnes as Lord of Session and Lord of Justiciary -- IV. The High-Court Judge and the World of Letters: Historical and Biographical -- V. At Home and among Friends: Domestic Relations and Sociability -- VI. โI Fly to my Farmโ: A Gentleman Farmer in Overalls -- VII. โFor the Good of my Countryโ: A Study in Public Spirit and Public Service -- VIII. Political Activities and Concern with Public Affairs -- IX. Personal Credo and Life Values -- X. Summary Characterization of Kames the Man -- II Chiefly Theoretical: Lines of Kamesโs Thinking and His Contributions to the World of Ideas -- XI. Common-Sense Philosopher and Observer of the Ways of Men -- XII. Through the Eyes of Clio: The Historical Approach -- XIII. Kamesโs Philosophy of Law; or, his General View of Jurisprudence -- XIV. Literary Criticism and the Question of Style in Writing -- XV. Education and the Status of Women, and some Anthropological Miscellanies -- XVI. Political and Economic Theory -- XVII. The High-Court Judge and Common-Sense Philosopher Looks at Religion -- XVIII. Summary and Evaluation Dynamic Relations between the Man and the Movement of Life and Thought and Culture -- Appendices -- 1. Selections from Kamesโs Letters -- 2. Selections from Prefaces, Dedications, etc. -- 3. Proposal for the Reform of Entails -- 4. A Universal Prayer -- 5. Epitaph by a Friend -- 6. Home-Drummond Family Postscript -- Bibliography of Kamesโs Publications -- Princepal Sources on Kamesโ Life and Background -- General Bibliography