Leading scholars explore the interplay of philosophy with religion and science in the 18th century, a period of great cultural and intellectual change in Britain. They examine the currents of thought behind some of the most significant works in Western philosophy, including those by John Locke and David Hume and by relatively unfamiliar personalities, such as Martin Clifford, Henry Scougal, Samuel Haliday, Thomas Cooper, John Toland, Bernard Mandeville,Francis Hutcheson, Joseph Butler, Henry Home, Adam Smith, Joseph Priestley, Thomas Reid, and Dugald Stewart.