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The 28 pages that link to Scottish Enlightenment, each with the reason it gives.

• Acts of Union 1707Related: The union placed Scotland within a larger British political and commercial setting during this period of intellectual growth.

• University of EdinburghRelated: Edinburgh scholars helped make the city a major center of this intellectual movement.

• Classical liberalismRelated: Its thinkers developed influential accounts of spontaneous social and economic order.

• Walter ScottRelated: Its historical and social inquiry shaped the culture in which Scott wrote.

• James HuttonNarrower topic: Its culture of inquiry shaped the institutions and discussions in which Hutton developed his ideas.

• Scottish nationalismRelated: Its intellectual confidence contributed to enduring accounts of Scotland as a distinct nation.

• The Wealth of NationsNarrower topic: Smith’s historical account of commercial society grew within this intellectual movement.

• Kingdom of Great BritainRelated: It unfolded within the union while Scotland retained distinct institutions and intellectual networks.

• Scottish literatureRelated: Its publishing culture and debates about history, society, and language shaped later Scottish writing.

• Arthur BalfourRelated: Balfour’s philosophical writing engaged with traditions of Scottish thought and idealism.

• Thomas ReidNarrower topic: Reid’s career and common-sense philosophy developed within this movement.

• Francis HutchesonNarrower topic: Hutcheson’s teaching and influence helped shape this movement’s moral philosophy.

• James BoswellRelated: Boswell’s world overlapped with its networks of writers, scholars, and moral philosophers.

• Kingdom of ScotlandRelated: It flourished after union within a state that preserved Scotland’s legal and educational institutions.

• Mary SomervilleNarrower topic: Its culture of learning formed part of the setting for Somerville’s education.

• Parliament of Great BritainRelated: Union gave Scottish thinkers access to a wider British political and commercial sphere.

• Scottish diasporaRelated: Its ideas traveled with emigrants and helped shape Scottish influence abroad.

• Scottish RenaissanceRelated: Its legacy supplied a powerful precedent for claims about Scotland’s intellectual distinctiveness.

• Roderick MurchisonNarrower topic: Murchison worked within a Scottish scientific culture shaped by this earlier intellectual movement.

• Invisible handNarrower topic: Smith’s metaphor belongs to this period’s inquiry into unintended social order.

• The Theory of Moral SentimentsNarrower topic: The book belongs to a period of Scottish inquiry into human nature and social order.

• An Enquiry Concerning Human UnderstandingNarrower topic: The Enquiry belongs to a Scottish effort to explain human nature through systematic inquiry.

• Adam FergusonNarrower topic: Ferguson’s work developed alongside Hume, Smith, and other thinkers in this movement.

• National Museum of ScotlandRelated: The museum’s scientific and cultural collections reflect institutions and ideas developed during this period.

• Dugald StewartNarrower topic: Stewart’s teaching and writings extended this movement’s intellectual influence into the nineteenth century.

• History of ScotlandBroader topic: It connects Scotland’s post-Union society to influential changes in European thought.

• Robert FergussonRelated: Fergusson wrote amid the period’s expanding literary and intellectual life.

• William Murray, 1st Earl of MansfieldRelated: Murray’s Scottish education and networks placed him within the era’s wider culture of legal and intellectual exchange.