See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

LORD See also:

• JAMES
• JAMES (Gr. 'IlrKw,l3or, the Heb. Ya`akob or Jacob)
• JAMES (JAMES FRANCIS EDWARD STUART) (1688-1766)
• JAMES, 2ND EARL OF DOUGLAS AND MAR(c. 1358–1388)
• JAMES, DAVID (1839-1893)
• JAMES, EPISTLE OF
• JAMES, GEORGE PAYNE RAINSFOP
• JAMES, HENRY (1843— )
• JAMES, JOHN ANGELL (1785-1859)
• JAMES, THOMAS (c. 1573–1629)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (1842–1910)
• JAMES, WILLIAM (d. 1827)

JAMES See also:

• BURNETT, FRANCES ELIZA HODGSON (1849– )

BURNETT See also:

• LORD JAMES BURNETT MONBODDO (1714-1799)

MONBODDO (1714-1799)  , Scottish See also:

• JUDGE (Lat. judex, Fr. juge)

judge and anthropologist, was See also:

• BORN, IGNAZ, EDLER VON (1742–1791)

born in 1714 at See also:

• MONBODDO, JAMES BURNETT, LORD (1714-1799)

Monboddo in See also:

• KINCARDINESHIRE, or THE MEARNS

Kincardineshire . Ile studied at See also:

• ABERDEEN
• ABERDEEN, GEORGE GORDON, 1ST EARL O (1637-1720)
• ABERDEEN, GEORGE HAMILTON GORDON, 4TH EARL

Aberdeen, and, after passing his See also:

• LAW
• LAW (0. Eng. lagu, M. Eng. lawe; from an old Teutonic root lag, " lie," what lies fixed or evenly; cf. Lat. lex, Fr. loi)
• LAW, JOHN (1671—1729)
• LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761)

law See also:

• EXAMINATIONS

examinations in See also:

• EDINBURGH

Edinburgh, he quickly took a leading position at the Scottish See also:

• BAR
• BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
• BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
• BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
• BAR, THE

bar, being made a See also:

• LORD
• LORD (O. Eng. hldford, i.e. hldfweard, the warder or keeper of bread, hlIf, loaf; the word is not represented in any other Teutonic language)
• LORD, JOHN (1810-1894)

Lord of Session in 1767 with the See also:

• TITLE (0. Fr. title, mod. titre, from Lat. titulus)

title of Lord Monboddo . Many of his eccentricities, both of conduct and See also:

• OPINION (Lat. opinio, from opinari, to think)

opinion, appear less remarkable to us than they did to his contemporaries; moreover, he seems to have heightened the impression of them by his humorous sallies in their See also:

• DEFENCE
• DEFENCE (Lat. defendere, to defend)

defence . He may have had other reasons than the practice of the ancients for dining See also:

• LATE

late and performing his journeys on horseback instead of in a See also:

• CARRIAGE

carriage . He is remembered more particularly for his writings on human origins . In his Antient See also:

• METAPHYSICS
• METAPHYSICS, or METAPHYSIC (from Gr. /sera, after, d v med, things of nature, lots, i.e. the natural universe)

Metaphysics (1779–1799), Monboddo conceived See also:

• MAN
• MAN, ISLE OF (anc. Mona)

man as gradually elevating himself from an See also:

• ANIMAL
• ANIMAL (Lat. animalis, from anima, breath, soul)

animal See also:

• CONDITION (Lat. condicio, from condicere, to agree upon, arrange; not connected with conditio, from condere, conditum, to put together)

condition, in which his mind is immersed in See also:

• MATTER

matter, to a See also:

• STATE
• STATE, GREAT OFFICERS OF

state in which mind acts independently of See also:

• BODY

body . In his equally voluminous See also:

• WORK

work, The Origin and Progress of See also:

• LANGUAGE (adapted from the Fr. langage, from langue, tongue, Lat. lingua)

Language (1773), he brought man under the same See also:

• SPECIES

species as the orang-outang . He traced the See also:

• GRADUAL (Med. Lat. gradualis, of or belonging to steps or degrees; gradus, step)

gradual See also:

• ELEVATION

elevation of man to the social state, which he conceived as a natural See also:

• PROCESS

process determined by " the necessities of human See also:

• LIFE

life." He looked on language (which is not " natural " to man in the sense of being necessary to his self-preservation) as a consequence of his social state . His views about the origin of society and language and the faculties by which man is distinguished from the brutes have many curious points of contact with Darwinism and neo-Kantianism . His See also:

• IDEA (Gr. Ibia, connected with i&eiv, to see; cf. Lat. species from specere, to look at)

idea of studying man as one of the animals, and of See also:

• COLLECTING

collecting facts about See also:

• SAVAGE
• SAVAGE, MINOT JUDSON (1841– )
• SAVAGE, RICHARD (d. 1743)

savage tribes to throw See also:

• LIGHT

light on the problems of See also:

• CIVILIZATION

civilization, bring him into contact with the one, and his intimate knowledge of See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek See also:

• PHILOSOPHY (Gr. gthos, fond of, and vo4 (a, wisdom)

philosophy with the other . In both respects Monboddo was far in advance of his neighbours . His studied See also:

• ABSTINENCE (from Lat. abstinere, to abstain)

abstinence from See also:

• FINE

fine See also:

• WRITING
• WRITING (the verbal noun of " to write," O. Eng. writan, to inscribe)

writing—from " the rhetorical and poetical See also:

• STYLE
• STYLE (from Gr. a-6'1ms, a column; a different word from that used in literature, see below)

style fashionable among writers of the See also:

• PRESENT

present See also:

• DAY (O. Eng. dreg, Ger. Tag; according to the New English Dictionary, " in no way related to the Lat. dies")
• DAY, JOHN (1574-1640?)
• DAY, THOMAS (1748-1789)

day "—on such subjects as he handled confirmed the idea of his contemporaries that he was only an See also:

• ECCENTRIC (from Gr. F,c, out of, and Kivrpov, centre)

eccentric See also:

• PHOSPHORUS (Gr. 4ws, light, sPEpety, to bear)

Phosphorus pentoxide (P206) See also:

• CERIUM (symbol Ce, atomic weight 140.25)

Cerium See also:

• OXIDE

oxide (Ce203) .

Lanthanum oxide (La203) See also:

• DIDYMIUM (from the Gr. &Segos, twin)

Didymium oxide (Di203) See also:

• YTTRIUM [symbol, Y; atomic weight, 89.0 (0 =16)]

Yttrium oxide (Yt20a) See also:

• THORIUM (symbol Th, atomic weight ,232.42 [0=16])

Thorium oxide (Th02) See also:

• SILICA

Silica (SiO2) . . . . Alumina (Al203) See also:

• IRON [symbol Fe, atomic weight 55.85 (0=16)]

Iron oxide (Fe203) See also:

• LIME
• LIME (O. Eng. lim, Lat. limes, mud, from linere, to smear)

Lime (CaO) .. See also:

• WATER

Water (H20) . 1.23 3.21 .11 concocter of supremely absurd paradoxes . He died on the 26th of May 1799 . See also:

• BOSWELL, JAMES (1740-1795)

Boswell's Life of See also:

• JOHNSON, ANDREW
• JOHNSON, ANDREW (1808–1875)
• JOHNSON, BENJAMIN (c. 1665-1742)
• JOHNSON, EASTMAN (1824–1906)
• JOHNSON, REVERDY (1796–1876)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD (1573–1659 ?)
• JOHNSON, RICHARD MENTOR (1781–1850)
• JOHNSON, SAMUEL (1709-1784)
• JOHNSON, SIR THOMAS (1664-1729)
• JOHNSON, SIR WILLIAM (1715–1774)
• JOHNSON, THOMAS

Johnson gives an See also:

• ACCOUNT
• ACCOUNT (through O. Fr. acont, Late Lat. comptum, cornputare, to calculate)

account of the lexicographer's visit to See also:

• BURNETT, FRANCES ELIZA HODGSON (1849– )

Burnett at Monboddo, and is full of references to the natural contemporary view of a man who thought that the human See also:

• RACE

race could be descended from monkeys .