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Adam Ferguson
Adam Ferguson was a Scottish philosopher and historian of the Scottish Enlightenment, professor at the University of Edinburgh. His Essay on the History of Civil Society of 1767 traced how societies develop from rude to commercial stages and warned that commerce and the division of labour could weaken civic virtue. He is often counted among the founders of modern sociology.
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