Abstracts of papers

A list of abstracts of papers presented at the meetings so far.

Please note: The following list is not complete. Further abstracts will follow shortly.

Thomas Ahnert: 'Paganism and Moral Philosophy' (PDF) (56.16 KB PDF)

Colin Kidd: 'Introduction: Ancients, Moderns and the Historiography of the Enlightenment' (PDF) (187.58 KB PDF)

Colin Kidd: 'Ancients, Moderns and the Scottish Enlightenment: an overview' (PDF) (186.6 KB PDF)

Colin Kidd: 'Ancients, Moderns and the Question of Troy' (PDF) (180.28 KB PDF)

Ralph McLean: 'The Poet's Plan: Language, Virtue and Nature in the works of Thomas Blackwell' (PDF) (56.16 KB PDF)

Paul McMenemy: ‘Epicurus in the Scottish Enlightenment’ (PDF) (199.62 KB PDF)

Giovanni Gellera: ‘A modern interpretation of Aristotle in the debate on transubstantiation’ (PDF) (204.06 KB PDF)

Mark W. Elliott: ‘The Eclipse of the patristic tradition in the shadow of the Westminster divines.’ (PDF) (200.97 KB PDF)

John Robertson: ‘Andrew Fletcher and the Classics’ (PDF) (206.11 KB PDF)

Katherine Nicolai: ‘Eclecticism and the Quarrel between Ancients and Moderns’ (PDF) (157.62 KB PDF)

Jeff Wolf: ‘Becoming an Edinburgh M.D. in the eighteenth century: Ancient and Modern’ (PDF) (160.62 KB PDF)

Ralph McLean: ‘The Days of Classic Fame: Ancients vs. Moderns on the Scottish Stage’ (PDF) (195.72 KB PDF)