Adam Ferguson
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1723-00-00
- Died
- 1816-00-00
- Works
- 45
via Open Library + Wikidata
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 33
- Total plays
- 710
Tags
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Geant4—a simulation toolkit
· 2003 · cited 20,906x
- Reproducible, interactive, scalable and extensible microbiome data science using QIIME 2
· 2019 · cited 19,944x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,517x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,392x
- Observational Evidence from Supernovae for an Accelerating Universe and a Cosmological Constant
· 1998 · cited 16,011x
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Quotes
- “The attainments of the parent do not descend in the blood of his children, nor is the progress of man to be considered as a physical mutation of the species.”
- “Love is an affection which carries the attention of the mind beyond itself, and is the sense of a relation to some fellow creature as to its object.”
- “Mankind have always wandered or settled, agreed or quarrelled, in troops and companies.”
- “We are fond of distinctions; we place ourselves in opposition, and quarrel under the denominations of faction and party, without any material subject of controversy.”
- “Men are to be estimated, not from what they know, but from what they are able to perform.”
- “The history of mankind is confined within a limited period, and from every quarter brings an intimation that human affairs have had a beginning.”
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1723-07-01 ) 1 July 1723, Logierait , Perthshire , Scotland
- Died
- 22 February 1816 (1816-02-22) (aged 92), St Andrews , Fife , Scotland
- Alma mater
- University of Edinburgh , University of St Andrews
- Era
- 18th-century philosophy
- Region
- Western philosophy
- School
- Scottish common sense realism , Scottish Enlightenment
- Institutions
- University of Edinburgh
- Main interests
- Sociology , political philosophy , ethics , history
- Notable ideas
- The principle of moral approbation
via Wikipedia infobox
Key dates
- Born
- 1723
- Died
- 1816
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Adam
- Family name
- Ferguson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
- Place of birth
- Logierait
- Place of death
- St Andrews
- Occupation
- chaplain
- Educated at
- University of St Andrews
- Employer
- Advocates Library
Works in European collections
28 objects attributed to Adam Ferguson, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
Article
Detail of Adam Ferguson's grave The grave of Adam Ferguson, St Andrews Cathedral churchyard Adam Ferguson (Scottish Gaelic: Adhamh MacFhearghais), also known as Ferguson of Raith (1 July N.S. / 20 June O.S. 1723 – 22 February 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.
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1723 births1816 deaths18th-century ministers of the Church of Scotland18th-century Scottish historians18th-century Scottish philosophers18th-century Scottish Presbyterian ministers19th-century Scottish philosophersAcademics of the University of EdinburghAlumni of the University of EdinburghAlumni of the University of St AndrewsBritish people of the War of the Austrian Succession
