John Robison was a Scottish savant whose sharp intellect, initially dedicated to the empirical realms of physics and mathematics, later turned towards the unseen currents shaping society. As a distinguished professor at the University of Edinburgh and the inaugural General Secretary of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, Robison was deeply immersed in the intellectual ferment of his time. However, the seismic shifts of the French Revolution profoundly altered his perspective, leading him to question…