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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... Action 1 Part Two: Of Merit and Demerit; Or, of the Objects of Reward and Punishment 39 Part Three: Of the Foundation of Our Judgments Concerning Our Own Sentiments and Conduct, and of the Sense of Duty 61 Part Four: Of the Effect of ...
... Action 1 Part Two: Of Merit and Demerit; Or, of the Objects of Reward and Punishment 39 Part Three: Of the Foundation of Our Judgments Concerning Our Own Sentiments and Conduct, and of the Sense of Duty 61 Part Four: Of the Effect of ...
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... actions of the virtuous man that for Aristotle are the true standard of virtue Whether the impartial spectator creates or merely recognizes moral conduct will in the end depend in large part on where this standard comes from, that is ...
... actions of the virtuous man that for Aristotle are the true standard of virtue Whether the impartial spectator creates or merely recognizes moral conduct will in the end depend in large part on where this standard comes from, that is ...
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... actions; but upon what principles so weak and imperfect a creature as man actually and in fact approves of it In the end it may be that TMS contains both descriptive and normative aspects, and that to proclaim it as merely the one or ...
... actions; but upon what principles so weak and imperfect a creature as man actually and in fact approves of it In the end it may be that TMS contains both descriptive and normative aspects, and that to proclaim it as merely the one or ...
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... action, Smith's own choice might well have been simply 'moral philosopher' Bibliography Primary Sources The definitive edition of Smith's collected works, which includes student notes on his lectures on jurisprudence, his smaller essays ...
... action, Smith's own choice might well have been simply 'moral philosopher' Bibliography Primary Sources The definitive edition of Smith's collected works, which includes student notes on his lectures on jurisprudence, his smaller essays ...
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... Action. I: Of the Sense of Propriety OfSympathy How selfish so ever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though ...
... Action. I: Of the Sense of Propriety OfSympathy How selfish so ever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though ...
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