 | Adam Ferguson (July 1, 1723 - February 22, 1816) on Sex and Love(published by RevoltSource) |
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| Adam Ferguson (July 1, 1723 - February 22, 1816) on Sex and Love(published by RevoltSource) |
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Scottish Philosopher, Historian of the Scottish Enlightenment, Anti-Traditional, Anti-State, Anti-Capitalist, Anti-Establishment
: A Scottish philosopher and historian of the Scottish Enlightenment. Ferguson was sympathetic to traditional societies, such as the Highlands, for producing courage and loyalty. He criticized commercial society as making men weak, dishonourable and unconcerned for their community. Ferguson has been called "the father of modern sociology" for his contributions to the early development of the discipline. (From: Wikipedia.org.)
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Quote #1 on Social Struggle Quotes >> Sex and Love
“Love is an affection which carries the attention of the mind beyond itself, and is the sense of a relation to some fellow creature as to its object. Being a complacency and a continued satisfaction in this object, it has, independent of any external event, and in the midst of disappointment and sorrow, pleasures and triumphs unknown to those who are guided by mere considerations of interest; in every change of condition, it continues entirely distinct from the sentiments which we feel on the subject of personal success or adversity.”
Source: "An Essay on the History of Civil Society," by Adam Ferguson, 1767. Part 1, Section II.
"An Essay on the History of Civil Society," by Adam Ferguson, 1767.
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