Adam Ferguson Quotes

Adam Ferguson was a Scottish philosopher and historian. He is known for his works on moral and political philosophy, including "An Essay on the History of Civil Society." Ferguson's writings explored topics such as social order, political institutions, and the development of human societies, contributing to the Enlightenment era of intellectual thought.

The history of mankind is confined within a limited period, and from every quarter brings an intimation that human affairs have had a beginning.

Adam Ferguson , Philosopher

In every commercial state, notwithstanding any pretension to equal rights, the exaltation of a few must depress the many.

Adam Ferguson , Philosopher

The artist finds, that the more he can confine his attention to a particular part of any work, his productions are the more perfect, and grow under his hands in the greater quantities.

Adam Ferguson , Philosopher
Man, in his animal capacity, is qualified to subsi... -Adam Ferguson

Man, in his animal capacity, is qualified to subsist in every climate.

Adam Ferguson , Philosopher

Like the winds that we come we know not whence and blow whither soever they list, the forces of society are derived from an obscure and distant origin. They arise before the date of philosophy, from the instincts, not the speculations of men.

Adam Ferguson , Philosopher

Every step and every movement of the multitude, even in what are termed enlightened ages, are made with equal blindness to the future; and nations stumble upon establishments, which are indeed the result of human action, but not the execution of any human design.

Adam Ferguson , Philosopher

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