George_Anderson_(minister)

George Anderson (minister)

George Anderson (minister)

Scottish minister of religion (1677–1756)

George Anderson (1677–1756) was a prominent Scottish minister during the Enlightenment. He is principally remembered for being the prime sponsor of a motion to excommunicate David Hume and Lord Kames in church courts. He also wrote several rebuttals to what he perceived as radical in Hume's writings.[1]

References

  1. [1]
    Knight, William Angus (1886). Hume. Philosophical Classics for English Readers. Vol. 11. Lippincott. p. 66. ISBN 9781417963362.


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