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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... friend Mr. [John] Anderson . . . paid me a visit lately; and after we had talked with indignation and contempt of ... Friends 1 Chapter. * Adam Smith, Letter from Adam Smith, LL.D. to William Strahan, Esq., in David Hume, Essays, Moral ...
... Friends 1 Chapter 1 The Cheerful Skeptic (1711–1749) Chapter 2 Encountering Hume (1723–1749) Chapter 3 A Budding Friendship (1750–1754) Chapter 4 The Historian and the Kirk (1754–1759) Chapter 5 Theorizing the Moral Sentiments (1759) ...
... friends for most of their adult lives. This book follows the course of their friendship from their first meeting in 1749 until Hume's death more than a quarter of a century later, examining both their personal interactions and the ...
... friendship, however, this one is dedicated to my friends. I can think of few better wishes for Sam than that he be as fortunate in his friends as I have been. the infidel and the professor much of the British public, xiii Acknowledgments.
... significant thinkers. This book tells the story of that friendship. introduction. Dearest. FrienDs. A. s David Hume lay on his deathbed in the summer of 1776, It must be admitted that the two main protagonists of 1 INTRODUCTION Dearest ...
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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