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| Adam Ferguson, also known as Ferguson of Raith - 22 February 1816) was a philosopher and historian of the Scottish Enlightenment. He is sometimes called "the father of modern sociology."Born at Logierait in Atholl, Perthshire, Scotland, he... |
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