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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... trade barriers and laissez-faire economic policies Although Smith had long been developing his own similar ideas, numerous conversations with the Physiocrats no doubt helped him refine and sharpen them In 1767, Smith returned to ...
... trade barriers and laissez-faire economic policies Although Smith had long been developing his own similar ideas, numerous conversations with the Physiocrats no doubt helped him refine and sharpen them In 1767, Smith returned to ...
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... trade is free, and in which taxes and regulations are light, are the most conducive to this end Smith argues that in market-oriented economies based on private property, each person working to better his own condition will increase the ...
... trade is free, and in which taxes and regulations are light, are the most conducive to this end Smith argues that in market-oriented economies based on private property, each person working to better his own condition will increase the ...
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... trade seldom meet together', Smith writes, 'even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the publick, or in some contrivance to raise prices ' Such merchants proclaim that trade barriers, tariffs ...
... trade seldom meet together', Smith writes, 'even for merriment and diversion, but the conversation ends in a conspiracy against the publick, or in some contrivance to raise prices ' Such merchants proclaim that trade barriers, tariffs ...
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... trade went on to have great influence in the subsequent political and economic developments not only of the British Isles, but also of most of the Western and even parts of the Eastern world Smith's influence on the founding of the ...
... trade went on to have great influence in the subsequent political and economic developments not only of the British Isles, but also of most of the Western and even parts of the Eastern world Smith's influence on the founding of the ...
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