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The Reverend '''George Anderson''' (1677-1756) was a prominent [[scottish people|Scottish]] [[clergyman]] during the [[Age of Enlightenment |Enlightenment]]. He is principally remembered for being the prime sponsor of a motion to excommunicate [[David Hume]] and [[Lord Kames]] in Church courts. He also wrote several rebuttals to Hume's radical writings. |
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'''George Anderson''' (1677–1756) was a prominent Scottish [[Minister of the Kirk|minister]] during the [[Scottish Enlightenment|Enlightenment]]. He is principally remembered for being the prime sponsor of a motion to excommunicate [[David Hume]] and [[Lord Kames]] in [[church courts]]. He also wrote several rebuttals to what he perceived as radical in Hume's writings.<ref name="Knight">{{cite book|last=Knight|first=William Angus |authorlink=William Angus Knight|title=Hume|publisher=Lippincott|year=1886|series=Philosophical Classics for English Readers|volume=11|isbn=9781417963362 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eqGNyn81-psC&pg=PA66|page=66}}</ref> |
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George Anderson (1677–1756) was a prominent Scottish minister during the Enlightenment. He is principally remembered for being the prime sponsor of a motion to excommunicate David Hume and Lord Kames in church courts. He also wrote several rebuttals to what he perceived as radical in Hume's writings.[1]
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[edit]- ^ Knight, William Angus (1886). Hume. Philosophical Classics for English Readers. Vol. 11. Lippincott. p. 66. ISBN 9781417963362.
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