Adam Smith : Selected Philosophical Writings

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ISBN: 9781845400019 | 1845400011
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This anthology collects, for the first time in one volume, not only generous selections from each of Smith's books but also substantial selections from his other work, including his lectures on jurisprudence, his history and philosophy of science, his criticism and belles lettres, and his philosophy of language. It also includes two important letters from Hume, as well as Smith's account of Humes death.

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Moral theory
From the theory of moral sentiments
Of the propriety of action	p. 11
Of merit and demerit; or, of the objects of reward and punishment	p. 38
Of the foundation of our judgments concerning our own sentiments and conduct, and of the sense of duty	p. 54
Of the effect of utility upon the sentiment of approbation	p. 69
Of the influence of custom and fashion upon the sentiments of moral approbation and disapprobation	p. 76
Of the character of virtue	p. 82
Of systems of moral philosophy	p. 87
Political economy
Reading I, from the wealth of nations	p. 91
Of the causes of improvement in the productive powers of labour, and of the order according to which its produce is naturally distributed among the different ranks of the people	p. 93
Of the nature, accumulation, and employment of stock	p. 127
Of the different progress of opulence in different nations	p. 136
Of systems of political economy	p. 141
Of the revenue of the sovereign or commonwealth	p. 153
Reading II, from the lectures on jurisprudence	p. 178
Languages and criticism
Reading I, essay from the philological miscellany	p. 194
Reading II, a letter to the authors of The Edinburgh Review	p. 210
History and philosophy of science
From the history of astronomy	p. 219
Of the effect of unexpectedness, or of surprise	p. 220
Of wonder, or of the effects of novelty	p. 223
Of the origin of philosophy	p. 231
The history of astronomy	p. 235
Correspondence
Letter from David Hume to Smith, 12 April 1759	p. 240
Letter from David Hume to Smith, 28 July 1759	p. 243
Letter from Smith to William Strahan, 9 November 1776	p. 244
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