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Adam Ferguson

Born

in Logierait, Perthshire, Scotland

July 01, 1723

Died

February 22, 1816

Genre

Philosophy

Influences

Adam Smith, David Hume, Thomas Blackwell, Montesquieu, Giambattista Vi ...more

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Adam Ferguson, FRSE (Scottish Gaelic: Adhamh MacFhearghais), also known as Ferguson of Raith (1723 – 1816), was a Scottish philosopher and historian of the Scottish Enlightenment.

Ferguson was sympathetic to traditional societies, such as the Highlands, for producing courage and loyalty. He criticized commercial society as making men weak, dishonourable and unconcerned for their community. Ferguson has been called "the father of modern sociology" for his contributions to the early development of the discipline. His most well known work is his Essay on the History of Civil Society. ...more

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	An Essay on the History of Civil Society by Adam Ferguson, Fania Oz-Salzberger (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 3.90 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 1767 — 212 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Things You Have to Do Before I Buy You a Phone 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The History of the Progress & Termination of the Roman Republic 3.60 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 2013 — 111 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	INST MORAL PHILO really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1978 — 67 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Big Sky 3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Correspondence of Adam Ferguson it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1995 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Principles of Moral and Political Science: Being Chiefly a Retrospect of Lectures Delivered in the College of Edinburgh, Volume 1 it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2015 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ferguson, A: Versuch über die Geschichte der bürgerlichen Ge really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1986 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Essays on the Intellectual Powers, Moral Sentiment, Happiness and National Felicity (1805) it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 1 rating — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Sermon Preached in the Ersh Language to His Majesty's First Highland Regiment of Foot, ... at Their Cantonment at Camberwell, on the 18th Day of ... ... and Translated by Him Into English, ... 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Every step and every movement of the multitude, even in what are termed enlightened ages, are made with equal blindness to the future; and nations stumble upon establishments, which are indeed the result of human action, but not the execution of any human design.”
― Adam Ferguson

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“The strength of a nation is derived from the character, not from the wealth, nor from the multitude of its people.”
― Adam Ferguson, An Essay on the History of Civil Society

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“we employ so many of our early years, under the rod, to acquire, what it is not expected we should retain beyond the threshold of the school;”
― Adam Ferguson, An Essay on the History of Civil Society

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