The Scottish Enlightenment was one of the most ____ and innovative periods in Scottish history. Not only was the Industrial ____ underway, but it was a time when the emphasis moved from religion to ____, and some of the greatest thinkers, writers, artists, engineers and scientists were ____ old ideas. Much of what was happening was centred around Scotland's ____, Edinburgh. It was here that the philosopher David Hume and the philosopher and economist Adam Smith ____ important ideas. The 18-century French philosopher Voltaire said, "We look to Scotland for all our ____ of civilization." Who were some of the other famous Scots who ____ science and technology as well as arts and literature? As for science, Alexander Fleming, who was a ____ biologist, is widely known for his discovery of penicillin - the world's first broadly effective ____ substance. Another example is Alexander Graham Bell, who ____ to the technological advancement by inventing and ____ the first telephone. In literature, Arthur Conan Doyle, a celebrated writer, invented the world famous ____ character of Sherlock ____, thus bringing the genre of ____ fiction to a new level.

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