PHILOSOPHER

Adam Ferguson

1723 - 1816

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Adam Ferguson, (Scottish Gaelic: Adhamh MacFhearghais), also known as Ferguson of Raith (1 July N.S. /20 June O.S. 1723 – 22 February 1816), was 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Adam Ferguson is the 505th most popular philosopher (down from 423rd in 2019), the 1,172nd most popular biography from United Kingdom (down from 807th in 2019) and the 31st most popular British Philosopher.

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Among PHILOSOPHERS

Among philosophers, Adam Ferguson ranks 505 out of 1,267. Before him are Hermann Lotze, Johannes Althusius, Jean-Luc Nancy, George Pachymeres, Homi K. Bhabha, and Victor Cousin. After him are Juan Ginés de Sepúlveda, Anania Shirakatsi, Nelson Goodman, Axel Honneth, A. J. Ayer, and Kenneth Waltz.

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Among people born in 1723, Adam Ferguson ranks 10. Before him are Giovanni Antonio Scopoli, Joshua Reynolds, Carl Friedrich Abel, Mathurin Jacques Brisson, Jean-François Marmontel, and Princess Caroline Louise of Hesse-Darmstadt. After him are Prithvi Narayan Shah, Anna Amalia, Abbess of Quedlinburg, Nicole-Reine Lepaute, Tobias Mayer, Johann Bernhard Basedow, and Friedrich Melchior, Baron von Grimm. Among people deceased in 1816, Adam Ferguson ranks 10. Before him are Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este, Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck, Frederick I of Württemberg, Francisco de Miranda, Johann Hieronymus Schröter, and Gavrila Derzhavin. After him are Charles II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Roger Ducos, François-André Vincent, Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Bülow, Frederick William, Prince of Nassau-Weilburg, and Christiane Vulpius.

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In United Kingdom

Among people born in United Kingdom, Adam Ferguson ranks 1,172 out of 8,785. Before him are Phil Taylor (1954), Marty Feldman (1934), Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872), Guy Ritchie (1968), John Dudley, 1st Duke of Northumberland (1504), and Matt Busby (1909). After him are Mary Somerville (1780), Dylan Thomas (1914), Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales (1594), William Lamb, 2nd Viscount Melbourne (1779), Richard de Clare, 2nd Earl of Pembroke (1130), and Bob Klose (1945).

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Among PHILOSOPHERS In United Kingdom

Among philosophers born in United Kingdom, Adam Ferguson ranks 31. Before him are Francis Hutcheson (1694), John of Salisbury (1110), Roger Scruton (1944), Alasdair MacIntyre (1929), H. L. A. Hart (1907), and John Gray (1948). After him are A. J. Ayer (1910), Gilbert Ryle (1900), Paul Grice (1913), Harriet Taylor Mill (1807), Alan Watts (1915), and John Austin (1790).

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