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Robert Burns and the Philosophers

Häftad, Engelska, 2021

AvJ Walter McGinty

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This volume expounds the influence of Robert Burns’s reading of Philosophyon his life and work, supplementing this with his personal encounterswith those philosophers he met. The work begins with theHomespun Philosophy of his early years under the tutelage of WilliamBurnes and John Murdoch, then examines in detail some of the texts ofJohn Locke, Adam Smith and Francis Hutcheson, including other writerswho reflect Hutcheson’s thinking. Further chapters include the explorationon Thomas Reid, Dugald Stewart, Archibald Alison and WilliamGreenfield. Robert Burns and the Philosophers does not purport to be awork of philosophy but rather to show the poet’s reaction to the subjectand the development of his understanding. This work opens up a subjectthat hitherto has been almost unexplored.

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Utgivningsdatum2021-03-31
Mått152 x 229 x 16 mm
Vikt453 g
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
SerieRoutledge Studies in Romanticism
Antal sidor276
FörlagTaylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN9780367787103

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J. Walter McGinty received his PhD at the University of Strathclyde on‘Literary, Philosophical and Theological Influences on Robert Burns’.Dr McGinty is an ordained Minister, having trained for the Ministry ofthe Church of Scotland at the University of Glasgow and Trinity CollegeGlasgow. Other publications are Robert Burns and Religion, (Ashgate);and Robert Burns the Book Lover: From Reader to Writer, (HummingEarth.) The present volume completes the trilogy of books that haveexamined the influence of the reading of Robert Burns. McGinty hasalso written a biography, ‘An Animated Son of Liberty’: A Life of JohnWitherspoon, (Arena) and has published papers on ‘John Goldie andRobert Burns’ and ‘Milton’s Satan and Burns’s Auld Nick’ in Studies inScottish Literature Vols XXIX and XXXIII.

ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1 Homespun philosophy Chapter 2 John Locke I - Opening up other worlds Chapter 3 Adam Smith I - Theory of Moral Sentiments Chapter 4 Adam Smith II – The Wealth of Nations Chapter 5 Francis Hutcheson – A shared outlook Chapter 6 Thomas Reid – Common Sense Chapter 7 Dugald Stewart – The local philosopher Chapter 8 Archibald Alison and William Greenfield –A confidence achieved Appendix List of Authors or texts quoted or alluded to by William Greenfield in his Essays on the sources of the pleasures received from literary composition, that were known to Robert Burns. References and Notes Bibliography Index