Patronage of philosophy -- Enlightenment and print culture -- Seneca in the age of Frederick and Catherine -- Patronage and the modes of liberal tolerance : Bayle, Care, and Locke -- Voltaire and his female protectors -- Scottish universities and their patrons : Argyll, Bute, and Dundas -- Independence in theory and practice : d'Alembert and Rousseau -- Samuel Johnson and the question of enlightenment in England -- Irish antagonists : Burke and Shelburne
Summary
Patrons of Enlightenment emphasizes the dependency of thinkers upon patrons and compares the patron-client relationships in the French, English, and Scottish republics of letters
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 247-270) and index
