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Adam Ferguson (philosopher)
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https://gptkb.org/entity/Adam_Ferguson_(philosopher)
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Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Edinburgh
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gptkb:University_of_St_Andrews
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1723-06-20
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gptkb:Logierait,_Perthshire,_Scotland
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gptkb:Sir_Adam_Ferguson
gptkbp:deathDate
1816-02-22
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gptkb:St_Andrews,_Fife,_Scotland
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gptkb:philosophy
history
sociology
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Adam Ferguson (philosopher)
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gptkb:Adam_Smith
gptkb:Herbert_Spencer
gptkb:Karl_Marx
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gptkb:David_Hume
gptkb:Francis_Hutcheson
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theory of civil society
social and political philosophy
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English
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gptkb:Scottish_Enlightenment
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chaplain to the Black Watch regiment
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Scottish
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gptkb:An_Essay_on_the_History_of_Civil_Society
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gptkb:professor
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gptkb:Principles_of_Moral_and_Political_Science
gptkb:Institutes_of_Moral_Philosophy
gptkb:The_History_of_the_Progress_and_Termination_of_the_Roman_Republic
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gptkb:Church_of_Scotland
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gptkb:St_Andrews_Cathedral_churchyard
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Adam Ferguson signature.svg
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gptkb:Katherine_Burnett
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gptkb:Adam_Ferguson_(son)
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