Stevenson, John – Natural Law in Scotland, 1625-1850 https://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/naturallawinscotland1625to1850 Part of Natural Law, 1625-1850: An International Research Network Wed, 13 Jun 2018 08:19:15 +0000 en-US hourly 1 John Stevenson (1695-1775) https://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/naturallawinscotland1625to1850/2013/09/13/john-stevenson-1695-1775/ Fri, 13 Sep 2013 15:00:19 +0000 http://blogs.sps.ed.ac.uk/naturallawinscotland1625to1850/?p=1053 About Stevenson
  • Chair of logic and rhetoric at Edinburgh

Teaching

  • Used Heineccius, Elementa philosophiae rationalis et moralis as a textbook when Alexander Carlyle studied there in 1735 (Haakonnsen, Natural law 89*)
  • Innovations: first in Scotland to lecture on rhetoric in English, introduced study of belles-lettres and literary style (ODNB*)

*For references, see the Site Bibliography.

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