The enlightenment and Scottish literature

Description:

Can science measure the age of the universe? Can telescopes view the birth of the cosmos and bring man face to face with its creation? Or are these feats and prospects so many fashionable exaggerations or thinly veiled expressions of uneasiness? Where does science end, where does philosophy begin, and where does theology take over in a responsible discourse about the creation of the universe? Such are the main questions for which an answer is offered in this book.

subjects: Enlightenment,  Historical fiction, Scottish,  History and criticism,  In literature,  Intellectual life,  Scottish Historical fiction,  Scottish literature,  Evolution,  Religion and science,  Science,  Philosophy,  Cosmology,  Schepping,  Schöpfung,  Kosmogonie,  English literature,  English fiction,  Scottish authors,  Influence,  Creation

Places: Scotland

Times: 18th century