The Infidel and the Professor: David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship That Shaped Modern ThoughtThe story of the greatest of all philosophical friendships—and how it influenced modern thought |
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... Adam Smith on David Hume* Without doubt you have read what is called the Life of David Hume, written by himself, with the letter from Dr. Adam Smith subjoined to it. Is not this an age of daring effrontery? My friend Mr. [John] Anderson ...
... Smith's Final Years in Edinburgh (1777–1790) 229 Appendix Hume's My Own Life and Smith's Letter from Adam Smith, LL.D. to William Strahan, Esq. 239 Notes on Works Cited 253 Notes 257 Index 309 illustrations 2.1 2.2 3.2 5.1 7.1 7.2 9.1 ...
... Smith by James Tassie Painting of Libberton's Wynd, Edinburgh, by George Cattermole 56 Painting of the College ... Adam Smith's grave, designed by Robert Adam 47 48 3.1 211 216 237 preface D avid Hume is widely regarded as the greatest ...
David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship That Shaped Modern Thought Dennis C. Rasmussen. It must be admitted that the two main protagonists of this book might have objected to its very existence. Though Hume and Smith attained fame and ...
David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship That Shaped Modern Thought Dennis C. Rasmussen. and ensuring that most of his papers were burned before he died, Smith also avoided writing about himself to an unusual degree. As one scholar has ...
Contents
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CHAPTER 2 Encountering Hume 17231749 | 36 |
CHAPTER 3 A Budding Friendship 17501754 | 50 |
CHAPTER 4 The Historian and the Kirk 17541759 ... | 71 |
CHAPTER 5 Theorizing the Moral Sentiments 1759 ... | 86 |
CHAPTER 6 Fêted in France 17591766 | 113 |
CHAPTER 7 Quarrel with a Wild Philosopher 17661767 ... | 133 |
CHAPTER 10 Dialoguing about Natural Religion 1776 ... | 186 |
CHAPTER 11 A Philosophers Death 1776 | 199 |
CHAPTER 12 Ten Times More Abuse 17761777 | 215 |
EPILOGUE Smiths Final Years in Edinburgh 17771790 ... | 229 |
APPENDIX Humes My Own Life and Smiths Letter from Adam Smith LLD to William Strahan Esq | 239 |
Notes on Works Cited | 253 |
Notes | 257 |
Index | 309 |
CHAPTER 8 Mortally Sick at Sea 17671775 | 146 |
CHAPTER 9 Inquiring into the Wealth of Nations 1776 ... | 160 |
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