Adam Smith : an enlightened life / Nicholas Phillipson.

Author/creator Phillipson, N. T.
Format Book
Publication InfoNew Haven ; London : Yale University Press, 2010.
Descriptionxiv, 345 pages : illustrations (some color), maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Subjects

Contents 1. A Kirkcaldy upbringing -- 2. Glasgow, Glasgow University and Francis Hutcheson's enlightenment -- 3. Private study 1740-46: Oxford and David Hume -- 4. Edinburgh's early enlightenment -- 5. Smith's Edinburgh lectures: a conjectural history -- 6. Professor of moral philosophy at Glasgow, I. 1751-9 -- 7. The 'Theory of moral sentiments' and the civilizing powers of commerce -- 8. Professor of moral philosophy at Glasgow, 2. 1759-63 -- 9. Smith and the Duke of Buccleuch in Europe 1764-6 -- 10. London, Kirkcaldy and the making of the 'Wealth of nations' 1766-76 -- 11. The 'Wealth of nations' and Smith's "very violent attack ... upon the whole commercial system of Great Britain" -- 12. Hume's death -- 13. Last years in Edinburgh 1778-90.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2010925524
ISBN9780300169270 (hardcover : alk. paper)
ISBN0300169272 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks HB103.S6 P45 2010 ✔ Available Place Hold