Adam Smith: Selected Philosophical WritingsAndrews UK Limited, 2012 M10 2 - 352 páginas Adam Smith (1723–90) studied under Francis Hutcheson at the University of Glasgow, befriended David Hume while lecturing on rhetoric and jurisprudence in Edinburgh, was elected Professor of Logic, Professor of Moral Philosophy, Vice-rector, and eventually Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow, and, along with Hutcheson, Hume, and a few others, went on to become one of the chief figures of the astonishing period of learning known as the Scottish Enlightenment. He is the author of two books: The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759) and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations (1776). TMS brought Smith considerable acclaim during his lifetime and was quickly considered one of the great works of moral theory. It deeply impressed Immanuel Kant, for example, who called Smith his 'Liebling' or 'favourite', and Charles Darwin, who in his Descent of Man (1871) endorsed and accepted several of Smith's 'striking' conclusions. TMS went through fully six revised editions during Smith's lifetime. Since the nineteenth century, Smith's fame has largely rested on his Wealth of Nations, which must be considered one of the most important works of the millennium: its argument for free trade, its explanation of the price mechanism and the division of labor, its qualified defense of market economies, and its powerful criticisms of mercantilist economic theories are now standard fare in economics courses, not to mention the basis of a large portion of today's worldwide economic policy. And its account of human nature is now classic. Both The Theory of Moral Sentiments and the Wealth of Nations reveal Smith's impressively broad learning, but he wrote and lectured on a number of other subjects as well. This anthology collects, for the first time in one volume, not only generous selections from each of Smith's books but also substantial selections from his other work, including his lectures on jurisprudence, his history and philosophy of science, his criticism and belles lettres, and his philosophy of language. It also includes two important letters from Hume, as well as Smith's account of Hume's death. |
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... Conduct, and of the Sense of Duty 61 Part Four: Of the Effect of Utility Upon the Sentiment of Approbation 82 Part Five: Of the Influence of Custom and Fashion Upon the Sentiments of Moral Approbation and Disapprobation 92 Part Six: Of ...
... Conduct, and of the Sense of Duty 61 Part Four: Of the Effect of Utility Upon the Sentiment of Approbation 82 Part Five: Of the Influence of Custom and Fashion Upon the Sentiments of Moral Approbation and Disapprobation 92 Part Six: Of ...
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... conduct When we use it to judge our own, it is what constitutes our conscience We consult the impartial spectator simply by asking ourselves what a fully-informed but disinterested person would think about our conduct If such a person ...
... conduct When we use it to judge our own, it is what constitutes our conscience We consult the impartial spectator simply by asking ourselves what a fully-informed but disinterested person would think about our conduct If such a person ...
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... conduct will in the end depend in large part on where this standard comes from, that is, how it originates Aristotle does not give a genetic account of his virtuous man, however, which leaves the question open for him; perhaps Smith's ...
... conduct will in the end depend in large part on where this standard comes from, that is, how it originates Aristotle does not give a genetic account of his virtuous man, however, which leaves the question open for him; perhaps Smith's ...
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... conduct empirical, historical investigations to discover what these policies and institutions are Upon investigation, Smith argues, it turns out that markets, in which the division of labour is allowed to progress, in which trade is ...
... conduct empirical, historical investigations to discover what these policies and institutions are Upon investigation, Smith argues, it turns out that markets, in which the division of labour is allowed to progress, in which trade is ...
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... conduct of a third person, the proportions of different quantities and numbers, the various appearances which the great machine of the universe is perpetually exhibiting, with the secret wheels and springs which produce them; all the ...
... conduct of a third person, the proportions of different quantities and numbers, the various appearances which the great machine of the universe is perpetually exhibiting, with the secret wheels and springs which produce them; all the ...
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