![]() ![]() #4 The dream of the people as sovereign died in Scotland with the death of John Knox, but it left its trace within the church itself in the system of synods peculiar to every parish and province in Scotland. Yet he knew that monarchs were ordained by God, and that the people had to defend their political power against any interlopers. The Scottish Enlightenment embarked on nothing less than a massive reordering of human knowledge. #3 Knox despised political authority, and treated all monarchs he came across with impatience and contempt. The Scots are the true inventors of what we today call the social sciences: anthropology, ethnography, sociology, psychology, history, and, as mention of the name Adam Smith makes us realize, economics. It created a new society in the image of Knox’s utopian ideal. #2 The Kirk, which was the main church in Scotland, turned its back on secular values and embraced God alone. ![]() He imposed the Calvinist Sabbath on Scottish society, and banned all traditional forms of collective fun. How the Scots Invented the Modern World reveals how Scottish genius for creating the basic ideas and institutions of modern life stamped the lives of a series of remarkable historical. #1 The Scottish Reformation was the work of one man, John Knox, and he was able to turn the Scots into God’s chosen people and turn Scotland into the New Jerusalem. Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. ![]()
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