Gordon Macintyre, Dugald Stewart: The Pride and Ornament of Scotland

This book is a substantial and well-informed account of the life of the Scottish philosopher Dugald Stewart (1753-1828). Stewart, who occupied the chair of moral philosophy at the University of Edinburgh from 1785, was undoubtedly a central figure in the later stages of the Scottish Enlightenment. But until now he has received comparatively little attention in scholarship. Macintyre’s work is the first comprehensive modern biography of Stewart and draws on sources that have only become available in recent decades. It is thus a welcome and important addition to literature on the Scottish Enlightenment.