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This is a timeline of the 18th century in philosophy.
Events
The Age of Enlightenment
1700 - Gokulanatha Upadhyaya was made court pandit to Maharaja Madhave Sinha of Mithila.
1743 - The American Philosophical Society (APS) was founded.
Publications
1700 - Historia religionis veterum Persarum, Thomas Hyde.
1700 - De Origine Juris Romani, Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina.
1700 - Some Reflections on Marriage, Mary Astell.Baines Ferraro Rogers 2010 10
1702 - The Lives of the Ancient Philosophers.
1704 - Moderation Truly Stated, Mary Astell.Baines Ferraro Rogers 2010 10
1725 - The New Science, Giambattista Vico.
1739-40 - A Treatise of Human Nature, David Hume.Haakonssen 2006 1183Beck 1966 91
1748 - An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding, David Hume.Haakonssen 2006 1183Beck 1966 91
1748 - The Spirit of the Laws, Montesquieu.Haakonssen 2006 1205
1748 - Man a Machine, Julien Offray de La Mettrie.Haakonssen 2006 1192
1751 - An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals, David Hume.Haakonssen 2006 1183Beck 1966 91
1756 - A Vindication of Natural Society, Edmund Burke.Haakonssen 2006 1155
1757 - Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful, Edmund Burke.Haakonssen 2006 1155
1759 - The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Adam Smith.Haakonssen 2006 1221
1759 - Candide, ou l'Optimisme, Voltaire.Haakonssen 2006 1231
1763 - The Only Possible Argument in Support of a Demonstration of the Existence of God, Immanuel Kant.
1774 - On American Taxation, Edmund Burke.
1776 - The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith.Haakonssen 2006 1221
1776 - Common Sense, Thomas Paine.
1780 - An Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation, Jeremy Bentham.
1781 - Critique of Pure Reason, Immanuel Kant.
1785 - Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, Immanuel Kant.
1785 - The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy, William Paley.
1786 - Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science, Immanuel Kant.
1788 - Critique of Practical Reason, Immanuel Kant.
1790 - Reflections on the Revolution in France, Edmund Burke.
1794 - View of the Evidences of Christianity, William Paley.
1797 - Metaphysics of Morals, Immanuel Kant.
1798 - Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View, Immanuel Kant.
1798 - An Essay on the Principle of Population, Thomas Robert Malthus.
Births
1700 - Johann Christoph Gottsched (d.1766), German philosopher and critic.
1703 - Jonathan Edwards (d.1758), Anglican revivalist preacher and philosopher.
1709 - Julien Offray de La Mettrie (d.1751), French materialist philosopher and physician.
1711 - David Hume (d.1776), Scottish philosopher, economist and historian.
1723 - Adam Smith (d.1790), Scottish economist and philosopher.
1724 - Immanuel Kant (d.1804), German philosopher and anthropologist.
1725 - Giacomo Casanova (d.1798), Venetian playwright and philosopher.
1729 - Edmund Burke (d.1797), Anglo-Irish philosopher and politician.
1737 - Thomas Paine (d.1809), American founding father and political philosopher.
1743 - Thomas Paley (d.1805), English Anglican clergyman, Christian apologist, philosopher, and utilitarian.
1743 - Thomas Jefferson (d.1826), American founding father and political philosopher.
1748 - Adam Weishaupt (d.1830), German philosopher and founder of the Bavarian Illuminati.
1748 - Jeremy Bentham (d.1832), English philosopher and social reformer regarded the founder of utilitarianism.
1748 - Dietrich Tiedemann (d.1803), German philosopher and historian.
1748 - Adamantios Korais (d.1833), Greek liberal scholar and philosopher.
1748 - Olympe de Gouges (d.1793), French philosopher and political activist.
1766 - Thomas Robert Malthus (d.1834), English economist and political theorist.
1776 - Sophie Germain (d.1831), French physician, mathematician and philosopher.
1781 - Adelbert von Chamisso (d.1838), German poet, writer and botanist.
1781 - Karl Christian Friedrich Krause (d.1832), German philosopher whose doctrines became known as Krausism.
1781 - Bernard Bolzano (d.1848), Bohemian mathematician, logician, philosopher, theologian and Catholic priest.
Deaths
1703 - Thomas Hyde (b.1638), English orientalist, linguist and classicist.
1704, John Locke (b.1632), English physician and philosopher known as the "father of liberalism".
1718 - Giovanni Vincenzo Gravina (b.1664), Italian scholar and jurist.
1748 - Jean-Jacques Burlamaqui (b.1694), Genevan legal and political theorist.
1751 - Julien Offray de La Mettrie (b.1709), French materialist philosopher and physician.
1755 - Montesquieu (b.1689), French historian and political philosopher.
1758 - Jonathan Edwards (b.1703), Anglican revivalist preacher and philosopher.
1766 - Johann Christoph Gottsched (b.1700), German philosopher and critic.
1776 - David Hume (b.1711), Scottish philosopher, economist and historian.
1778 - Voltaire (b.1694).
1790 - Adam Smith (b.1723), Scottish economist and philosopher.
1793 - Olympe de Gouges (b.1748), French philosopher and political activist.
1797 - Edmund Burke (b.1729), Anglo-Irish philosopher and politician.
1798 - Giacomo Casanova (b.1725), Venetian playwright and philosopher.
See also
List of centuries in philosophy
References
Sources
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https://books.google.com/books?id=3fojAwAAQBAJ&pg=PP1 The Routledge Companion to Eighteenth Century Philosophy Routledge 2014 978-0-415-77489-5 Garrett Aaron
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Cambridge_History_of_Eighteenth_cent/s6ExSHrknywC The Cambridge History of Eighteenth-Century Philosophy Cambridge University Press 2006 978-0-521-41854-6 Haakonssen Knud
https://books.google.com/books?id=oZqELQHOjXwC&pg=PP1 18th-Century Philosophy The Free Press 1966 978-0-02-902100-2 Beck Lewis White
Huang Jinxing https://books.google.com/books?id=NqSbwL0MhjwC&pg=PP1 Philosophy, Philology, and Politics in Eighteenth-Century China: Li Fu and the Lu-Wang School Under the Ch'ing 1995 Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-52946-4 en
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