ABSTRACT
Robert Burns's first philosophy was abstracted from theology. This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book attempts to show the influence of philosophy on Burns's own outlook and some of the ways in which this is reflected in his work. It looks at those who had an input into his philosophical understanding: his father, his teachers, the works that he read and the few philosophers that he met, and of how traces of these various influences can be found in his writings. There are indications of man's imperfection and his being subject to the malevolent power of Satan, but within it too, there is a proviso of there being help available through the scriptures. There are the six reference numbers in the text that are supported by no fewer than sixteen quotations from the Old and New Testaments of the King James Authorised Version of the Bible.
