Adam Smith
Language: English
Adam Smith Astronomy Darwin Economic Policy Economics History of Science Hume Hutcheson Jurisprudence Kant Logic Philosophy Philosophy of Language Philosophy of Science Political Economy Rhetoric Scottish Enlightenment commonwealth division of labor division of labour duty economy free trade judgement judgment market economy mercantile moral theory morality price mechanism punishment reward sovereignty theory of moral sentiments wealth of nations
Publisher: Andrews UK
Published: Oct 2, 2012
Description:
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...