 | Adam Ferguson (July 1, 1723 - February 22, 1816) on Individual and Leaving 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 Political Struggle Quotes >> Individual and Leaving Society
“...he seeks the frontier and the forest, where, with a constitution prepared to undergo the hardships and the difficulties of the situation, he enjoys a delicious freedom from care, and a seducing society, where no rules of behavior are prescribed, but the simple dictates of the heart.”
Source: "An Essay on the History of Civil Society," by Adam Ferguson, 1767. Part 2, Section II.
"An Essay on the History of Civil Society," by Adam Ferguson, 1767.
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