Adam Smith is best known as the founder of scientific economics and as
an early proponent of the modern market economy. Political economy,
however, was only one part of Smith's comprehensive intellectual
system. Consisting of a theory of mind and its functions in language,
arts, science, and social intercourse, Smith's system was a towering
contribution to the Scottish Enlightenment. His ideas on social
intercourse also served as the basis for a moral theory that provided
both historical and theoretical accounts of law, politics, and
economics. This Companion volume provides an examination of all
aspects of Smith's thought. Collectively, the essays take into account
Smith's multiple contexts - Scottish, British, European, Atlantic;
biographical, institutional, political, philosophical - and they draw
on all of his works, including student notes from his lectures.
Pluralistic in approach, the volume provides a contextualist history
of Smith, as well as direct philosophical engagement with his ideas.
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9781139816243
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2013
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Cambridge University Press
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Engelsk
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