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The The publication of Bayle and the origins of Hume's philosophy

The Mackie-Johnson correspondence

Jacopo Agnesina, Anthony McKenna, Gianluca Mori (Herausgeber)

Buch | Softcover

255 Seiten

2026
Voltaire Foundation (Verlag)
978-1-80596-830-6 (ISBN)

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This volume explores the intellectual, cultural, and commercial intersections between Scotland and the Netherlands during the early Enlightenment, centring on the figure of Charles Mackie (1688-1770), first professor of Universal History at the University of Edinburgh. Drawing on a rich selection of primary sources – including unpublished correspondence between Mackie and the expatriate bookseller-publisher Thomas Johnson – Jacopo Agnesina reconstructs a vibrant network of scholarly exchange and transnational book trade that shaped the Scottish Enlightenment.

The book situates Mackie within the broader “Republic of Letters”, examining his education in Holland, his ties to Dutch and Scottish booksellers, and his role in disseminating radical Enlightenment literature, especially the works of John Toland, Anthony Collins and Pierre Bayle. A detailed biographical account is given of both Mackie and Johnson, highlighting their respective careers, their collaboration in circumventing censorship and copyright laws, and their joint efforts to introduce continental thought into Scotland. Through meticulous archival research, the study sheds light on Mackie’s influence on Scottish intellectual life, his possible early connections to David Hume, and his participation in key Enlightenment institutions such as the Rankenian Club and the Edinburgh Philosophical Society. The volume includes a critical edition of twenty-one letters, primarily from Johnson to Mackie – along with related correspondence by Des Maizeaux – concerning the publication of Bayle’s Œuvres diverses.

This work offers valuable insights into early modern intellectual history, the material culture of books, and the channels through which Enlightenment ideas crossed national and linguistic boundaries.

Gianluca Mori is a professor in the History of Philosophy at UPO (Università del Piemonte Orientale), Vercelli, Italy. His main areas of research include Descartes and cartesianism, Pierre Bayle, early modern atheism and free thought from the middle of the seventeenth century to the end of the eighteen century, and David Hume's philosophy of religion.

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Abstract

Preface

List of letters reproduced in this volume

Introduction

Intellectual links between Scotland and Holland
Charles Mackie and Thomas Johnson: A Brief Biography
a) Charles Mackie
b) Thomas Johnson
Charles Mackie's correspondence and the selection of letters
Connections, books and shipping strategies
The Œuvres diverses project and the distribution of Bayle's works in Scotland
Hume, Bayle, and Mackie
Conclusions

Editorial annotation of the letters

Correspondence of Charles Mackie with Thomas Johnson and Others Appendix I: Correspondence of Thomas Johnson with Pierre Des Maizeaux
Appendix II: Excerpts from the Correspondence of Charles Pacius de La Motte with Pierre Des Maizeaux

Bibliography

Index of proper names

Erscheint lt. Verlag	14.7.2026
Reihe/Serie	Oxford University Studies in the Enlightenment ; 2026:07
Verlagsort	Liverpool
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Briefe / Tagebücher
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie ► Sprachphilosophie
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Anglistik / Amerikanistik
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Literaturwissenschaft
ISBN-10	1-80596-830-0 / 1805968300
ISBN-13	978-1-80596-830-6 / 9781805968306
Zustand	Neuware