Humes enquiry into the nature of knowledge laid the foundations for the scientific method-the pursuit of truth through experiment.His friend and fellow resident of Edinburgh,Adam Smith,famously applied the study of mankind to the ways in which mankind does business.Trade,he argued,was a form of infrmation.In pursuing our own interests through trading in markets,we all come to benefit each other.

　　Smiths idea has dominated modern views of economics.It also has wide applications.He was one of the philosophers to point out that nations can become rich,free and powerful through peace,trade and invention.

　　Although the Scottish Enlightenment ended a long time ago,the ideas which evolved at that time still underpin(构成的基础)our theories of human exchange and enquiry.It also exists in Scotland itself in an educational tradition that combines academic excellence with orientation(方向).

　　16.Scotland is the right place to receive a first-class education.

　　A.Right　　B.Wrong　　C.Not mentioned

　　17.According to Arthur Herman,the Scots developed many important ideas which modern life depends on.

　　A.Right　　B.Wrong　　C.Not mentioned

　　18.Philosophers had come to know the importance of studying humanity even before the Scottish Enlightenment took place.

　　A.Right　　B.Wrong　　C.Not mentioned

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