...The difference of natural talents in different men is, in reality, much less than we are aware of ... The difference between the most dissimilar characters,...from nature, as from habit, custom, and education. Although the causes of human diversity have long heen hotly disputed, few people deny that human beings...

...to maturity, is not upon many occasions so much the cause, as the effect of the division of labor. The difference between the most dissimilar characters,...from nature, as from habit, custom, and education. (WN I: 19-20) Similarly, Confucius believed that there were not great differences among men at birth....

...to distinguish men of different professions, when grown up to maturity, is not upon many occasions so much the cause, as the effect of the division of...education.... By nature a philosopher is not in genius and disposition half so different from a street porter, as a mastiff is from a greyhound, or a greyhound...

...to distinguish men of different professions, when grown up to maturity, is not upon many occasions so much the cause, as the effect of the division of...from nature as from habit, custom, and education. When they came into the world, and for the first six or eight years of their existence, they were,...

...the division of labor." He explicidy argued that, unlike the case of different "varieties" of dogs: The difference between the most dissimilar characters,...from nature, as from habit, custom and education. (Smith 1976: 19) According to Smith, before being adapted to their tasks in the framework of the division...

...position than if one has only a strong back to offer. It is noteworthy that Smith would have none of this: The difference between the most dissimilar characters,...from nature, as from habit, custom, and education. When they came into the world, and for the first six or eight years of their existence, they were,...

...to distinguish men of different professions, when grown up to maturity, is not upon many occasions so much the cause as the effect of the division of...labour. The difference between the most dissimilar character, between a philosopher and a common street porter, for example, seems to arise not so much...

...to distinguish men of different professions, when grown up to maturity, is not upon many occasions so much the cause, as the effect of the division of labour. (1976:19) In other words, he turned the Greek paradigm on its head. At the root of this assertion is...

...to distinguish men of different professions, when grown up to maturity, is not upon many occasions so much the cause, as the effect of the division of...from nature, as from habit, custom, and education. (p. 15) 4 Both Smith and American statesmen were trying to devise social systems in accord with the...

...Great Britain — revealed the sophistication of Smith, who emphasized early in his work (chapter 2) "the difference between the most dissimilar characters,...much from nature as from habit, custom and education. For the first six to eight years of their existence they were perhaps very much alike and neither their...