 | Adam Ferguson (July 1, 1723 - February 22, 1816) on Class Warfare and Society(published by RevoltSource) |
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Scottish Philosopher, Historian of the Scottish Enlightenment, Anti-Traditional, Anti-State, Anti-Capitalist, Anti-Establishment
: A Scottish philosopher and historian of the Scottish Enlightenment. Ferguson was sympathetic to traditional societies, such as the Highlands, for producing courage and loyalty. He criticized commercial society as making men weak, dishonourable and unconcerned for their community. Ferguson has been called "the father of modern sociology" for his contributions to the early development of the discipline. (From: Wikipedia.org.)
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Quote #4 on Economic Struggle Quotes >> Class Warfare and Society
“...the rich, who become the first victims of that wretched insignificance, into which the members of every corrupted state, by the tendency of their weaknesses, and their vises, are in haste to plunge themselves.”
Source: "An Essay on the History of Civil Society," by Adam Ferguson, 1767. Part 6, Section IV.
"An Essay on the History of Civil Society," by Adam Ferguson, 1767.
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