Timeline: Natural Law in Scotland, 1750-1799

date Publication, Appointment, Lecture, or Other Event 1751 Thomas Reid, regent at Aberdeen (-1764) 1751 Adam Smith uses Hutcheson’s Philosophiae moralis institution compendaria, ethicis & jursiprudentiae naturalis elementa continuen while covering for the ill Thomas Craigie 1751 Henry Home, ‘Of the foundations and principles of the law of nature’ in Essays on the principles of […]

Timeline: Natural Law in Scotland, 1625-1699

Date Publication, Appointment, Lecture, or Other Event 1625 Grotius, Du jure delli ac pacis 1646 James Dalrymple, Theses logicæ, metaphysicæ, physicæ, mathematicæ, et ethicae· Quas adolescentes hac vice ex collegio Glasguensi cum laurea emittendi sun theō publice propugnabunt, ad diem [blank] Julii, anno Domini, 1646. In communi gymnasii auditorio hora solita. Præside Jacobo Darimplio (Glasgow) […]

Timeline: Natural Law in Scotland, 1800-1875

Date Publication, Appointment, Lecture, or Other Event 1803 Archibald Arthur, Discourses on theological and literary subjects 1814 Dugald Stewart, Dissertation exhibiting the progress of metaphysical, ethical, and political philosophy since the revival of letters in Europe in Collected works, vol 1 (Edinburgh, 1854) 1814 William Paley, The principles of moral and political philosophy (Edinburgh) [orig. […]

Timeline: Natural Law in Scotland, 1700-1749

Date Publication, Appointment, Lecture, or Other Event 1705 William Cockburn, A letter from Mr. Cockburn to the Right Honourable John of Roxburgh, one of the principal secretaries of state for the Kingdom of Scotland (Edinburgh) 1706 Samuel Pufendorf, Le devoirs de l’homme et du citoyen, tels qu’ils lui sont prescrits par la loi naturelle, tr. […]

Introduction: A Survey of Natural Law Teaching in Scotland

Part of Natural Law, 1625-1850: An International Research Network These pages are designed to provide an introduction to the vast resources about the teaching of natural law in Scotland from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. It offers brief biographical information about teachers and students of natural law and moral philosophy and, where possible, free […]

Introduction: A Survey of Natural Law Teaching in Scotland

Part of Natural Law, 1625-1850: An International Research Network These pages are designed to provide an introduction to the vast resources about the teaching of natural law in Scotland from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. It offers brief biographical information about teachers and students of natural law and moral philosophy and, where possible, free […]