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The Select Society, established as The St. Giles Society but soon renamed, was an intellectual society in 18th century Edinburgh.〔Emerson, Roger L. ''The Social Composition of Enlightened Scotland: The Select Society of Edinburgh, 1754–1764''. (Studies on Voltaire and the Eighteenth Century) (1973)〕 The Select Society initially had fifteen members who included: * James Adam * John Adam * James Burnett, Lord Monboddo * George Drummond〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= Significant Scots: George Drummond )〕 * Adam Ferguson * Francis Home * Henry Home, Lord Kames * David Hume * John Monro〔"The Monros of Auchinbowie and Cognate Families". By John Alexander Inglis. Edinburgh. Printed privately by T and A Constable. Printers to His Majesty. 1911.〕 * Allan Ramsay * William Robertson * Adam Smith By the end of its first year, The Select Society had eighty three members.〔(The Select - A Brief History. )〕 Some years later, some of the members established The Poker Club.〔(The Poker Club (1762–1784) )〕 In 1755 the Select Society founded a subsidiary body: the Edinburgh Society for Encouraging Arts, Sciences, Manufactures, and Agriculture in Scotland. ==References== 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Select Society」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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