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James Dunbar, 1742-1798.

Scottish philosopher, educated at Aberdeen.  Dunbar afterwards became professor of Moral Philosophy and later regent of King's College at the University of Aberdeen. 

James Dunbar's 1780 Essay is an exercise on a conjectural history of mankind, typical of the Scottish Enlightenment, but advancing on similar prior works by taking into account recent developments (e.g. American Revolution).

 

  

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Major Works of James Dunbar

  • De primordiis civitatum oratio, in qua agitur de bello civili inter M. Britanniam et Colonias nunc flagranti, 1779
  • Essays on the History of Mankind in Rude and Cultivated Ages, 1780 [bk] [1781 2nd ed],[McM]

 
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Resources on James Dunbar

  • "Review of Dunbar's De Primordis Civitatum", 1779, London Review, p.112
  • "Review of Dunbar's De Primordis Civitatum", 1779, Critical Review, p.470
  • "Review of Dunbar's Essays", 1780, London Review, p.406
  • "Review of Dunbar's Essays", 1780, Monthly Review, p.443
  • "James Dunbar" in Leslie Stephen's DNB
  • James Dunbar at McMaster archive 
  • Wikipedia

 

 
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