Entre Refinamento e Civilização

The aim of the article is to study the scope of the notion of civilization as it occurs in Hume's reading of Ferguson's Essay on history of civil society. The importance of the topic in the philosophy of the Enlightenment is such that the very word was coined in the 18th Century.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Pedro Paulo G Pimenta
Format: Article
Language:Portuguese
Published: Universidade Federal do Paraná 2011-04-01
Series:DoisPontos
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Online Access:http://ojs.c3sl.ufpr.br/ojs2/index.php/doispontos/article/view/28123/18684
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Summary:The aim of the article is to study the scope of the notion of civilization as it occurs in Hume's reading of Ferguson's Essay on history of civil society. The importance of the topic in the philosophy of the Enlightenment is such that the very word was coined in the 18th Century.
ISSN:1807-3883