...which might result in comparative advantages for particular tasks, also believed that "the differences of natural talents in different men is, in reality, much less than we are aware of"28 and were, according to him, more often the result than the cause of division of labor. Labor...

...importance and extent of these differences. He takes a remarkably environmental, even egalitarian line: 'The difference of natural talents in- different men is, in reality, much less than we are aware of, and the very different genius which appears to distinguish men of different professions, when grown...

...for his own ideas. On the issue of human diversity his departure from the Greek position was clear: The difference of natural talents in different men is, in reality, much less than we are aware of; and the very different genius which appears to distinguish men of different professions, when grown...

...11 Priestley too denied that there was anything special about Newton's mind; Adam Smith concurred: 'The difference of natural talents in different men is, in reality, much less than we are aware of; 12 and so did Godwin: 'Genius ... is not born with us, but generated subsequent to birth.' 13 Such...

...differences among people are trivial. Race does not matter; there are only incentives and history: The difference of natural talents in different men is, in reality, much less than we are aware of; and the very different genius which appears to distinguish men of different professions, when grown...

...Newton.'11 Priestley too denied that there was anything special about Newton's mind; Adam Smith concurred: 'The difference of natural talents in different men is, in reality, much less than we are aware of;12 and so did Godwin: 'Genius ... is not born with us, but generated subsequent to birth.'13 Such...

...time he applauded the increased productivity brought about by the division of labor: The difference in natural talents in different men is, in reality, much less than we are aware of; and the very different genius which appears to distinguish men of different professions, when grown...

...time of the Revolution. Smith shared the egalitarian spirit of the Revolution. For example, he says: The difference of natural talents in different men is, in reality, much less than we are aware of; and the very different genius which appears to distinguish men of different professions, when grown...

...produce of its industry, or, rather, is precisely the same thing with that exchangeable value." 29 "The difference of natural talents in different men is in reality much less than we are aware of." Wealth of Nations, Book I, chap. ii. ?ft "Mil yi?ssn phil wphwhsn Vfto rwipngfn tritt nun Adam Smiih...

...bring to perfection whatever talent or genius he may possess for that particular species of business. The difference of natural talents in different men is, in reality, much less than we are aware of; and the very different genius which appears to distinguish men of different professions, when grown...