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David Hume and the myth of the 'Warburtonian School' by Mills, R. J. W.

“…David Hume (1711-1776) believed a 'confederacy of authors', brought together by the notoriously pugnacious William Warburton (1698-1779), were his most…”
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Beyond anglicised politeness: Addison in eighteenth-century Scotland by Mills, R. J. W.

“…Joseph Addison played a key role in Nicholas Phillipson's pioneering studies of eighteenth-century Scottish culture and philosophy. Post-Union Scots were in…”
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Egyptomania and religion in James Burnett, Lord Monboddo's 'History of Man' by Mills, R. J. W.

“…The Scottish judge and 'eccentric' philosopher James Burnett, Lord Monboddo's (1714-1799) significance within Enlightenment thought is usually seen as stemming…”
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Religion, scepticism and John Gregory's therapeutic science of human nature by Mills, R. J. W.

“…This article recovers the discussion of the relationship between religion, human nature and happiness in the Scottish Enlightenment physician John Gregory's…”
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'L'île des bannis': Jersey, Britain and the French Emigration 1789-1815 by Mills, R. J. W.

“…The case of the Channel Island of Jersey is an important yet understudied part of the British Empire's response to the French Emigration 1789-1815. During its…”
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James Beattie, Jean-Jacques Rousseau and the character of Common Sense philosophy by Mills, R. J. W.

“…Professor of Moral Philosophy at Marischal College, Aberdeen, James Beattie (1735-1803) was one of the most prominent literary figures of late…”
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The Experimental Imagination: literary knowledge and science in the British Enlightenment by Mills, R. J. W.

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Global Entanglements of a Man who Never Travelled: A Seventeenth-Century Chinese Christian and His Conflicted Worlds by Mills, R. J. W.

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The "historical question" at the end of the Scottish Enlightenment: Dugald Stewart on the natural origin of religion, universal consent, and religious diversity by Mills, R. J. W.

“…This study examines the leading early nineteenth-century Scottish moral philosopher Dugald Stewart's discussion of the origin and development of religion…”
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Lord Kames's analysis of the natural origins of religion: the Essays on the Principles of Morality and Natural Religion (1751) by Mills, R. J. W.

“…This article investigates the discussion of the origins and development of religious belief within the Scottish jurist and philosopher Henry Home, Lord Kames's…”
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William Falconer's Remarks on the Influence of Climate (1781) and the study of religion in Enlightenment England by Mills, R. J. W.

“…This study argues that the English-born, Edinburgh-educated and Bath-based physician William Falconer (1744-1824) authored the only stadial history published…”
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Alexander Ross's Pansebeia (1653), religious compendia and the seventeenth-century study of religious diversity by Mills, R. J. W.

“…Recently, our scholarly understanding of how religion was studied during the seventeenth century has changed. Contributions made by historians of scholarship…”
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Archibald Campbell's Necessity of Revelation (1739)-the Science of Human Nature's First Study of Religion by Mills, R. J. W.

“…This article argues that Archibald Campbell's Necessity of Revelation (1739) can be viewed as the first application of the 'science of human nature', a…”
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The Reception of 'That Bigoted Silly Fellow' James Beattie's Essay on Truth in Britain 1770-1830 by Mills, R. J. W.

“…This article examines the Scottish philosopher James Beattie's (1735-1803) controversial work of moral philosophy An Essay on the Nature and Immutability of…”
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Cultures of Improvement in Scottish Romanticism, 1707‐1840. Edited by AlexBenchimol and GerardLee McKeever. New York and London: Routledge. 2018. 247 p. 9 b. and w. illus. £115 (hb). ISBN 978‐1‐138‐48293‐7. £36.99 (e‐book). ISBN 978‐1‐351‐05642‐7 by Mills, R. J. W.

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The Scottish Enlightenment and Literary Culture . Edited by RalphMcLean, RonnieYoung and KennethSimpson. Lewisburg, PA: Bucknell University Press. 2016. 314 p. $95/£65 (hb). ISBN 978‐1‐61148‐801‐2 by Mills, R. J. W.

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British Romanticism and the Critique of Political Reason. By TimothyMichael. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press. 2015. x + 283 p. $54.95 (hb). ISBN 978‐1‐4214‐1803‐2 by Mills, R. J. W.

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Lord Kames's analysis of the natural origins of religion: the Essays on the Principles of Morality and Natural Religion (1751): Lord Kames's analysis of the natural origins of religion by Mills, R. J. W.

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Historical writing in Britain, 1688-1830: visions of history by Mills, R J W

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British Romanticism and the Critique of Political Reason. By Timothy Michael. Baltimore, MD: The Johns Hopkins University Press. 2015. x + 283 p. $54.95 (hb). ISBN 978‐1‐4214‐1803‐2 by Mills, R. J. W.

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