Thomas Blackwell (scholar): Difference between revisions

Blackwell's work enjoyed a high contemporary reputation, and for nearly half a century he was regarded as the foremost Homeric scholar in Europe. But his Scottish Whig politics attracted bitterly hostile criticism from conservatively minded English critics like [[Samuel Johnson]],<ref>Greene, Donald (2009). ''The Politics of Samuel Johnson''. University of Georgia Press, p. 173.</ref> and his achievement was long cast into the shadow.<ref>"Inexplicably, historians have often made short shrift of Blackwell."—Norton (1991), p. 60 (footnote).</ref> He is only now beginning to re-emerge as one of the most distinctive and original thinkers of the [[Scottish Enlightenment]].