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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... –1775) 146 Chapter 9 Inquiring into the Wealth of Nations (1776) Chapter 10 Dialoguing about Natural Religion (1776) xi xiii 18 36 50 71 86 113 133 160 186 Chapter 11 A Philosopher's Death (1776) 199 Chapter 12 Ten vii CONTENTS.
... religion and the religious; indeed, this will be a running theme throughout the book. Although I am a professor and hope that this book will contribute to the scholarly study of Hume and Smith, it was written not just for academics but ...
... religious—for the better part of four decades. He had experienced a lifetime of abuse and reproach from the pious ... religion. The most prominent account of his calm and courageous end was penned by his best friend, a renowned ...
... religious conflict and occasional military occupation. Hume himself remarked that Scotland had long been “the rudest, perhaps, of all European Nations; the most necessitous, the most turbulent, and the most unsettled.”21 Yet Hume's and ...
... religious, and educational establishments. Though it took longer than its supporters hoped it would, the union did eventually lead to the promised economic boom, along with increased personal freedoms and opportunities. To be sure, not ...
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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