A Letter from Adam Smith
Author : Zenas Clark Dickinson
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Page : 9 pages
File Size : 21,85 MB
Release : 1958
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Author : Zenas Clark Dickinson
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Page : 9 pages
File Size : 21,85 MB
Release : 1958
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Author : George Horne (bp. of Norwich.)
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Page : 64 pages
File Size : 48,65 MB
Release : 1777
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Author : Dennis C. Rasmussen
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 109 pages
File Size : 21,35 MB
Release : 2018-09-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1498586112
The Letter to Strahan is an ostensible letter that Adam Smith wrote on the last days, death, and character of his closest friend, the philosopher David Hume, and published alongside Hume’s autobiography, My Own Life, in 1777. Other than his two books, it is the only work that Smith published under his name during his lifetime, and it elicited a great deal of commentary and controversy. Because of Hume’s reputation for impiety, Smith’s portrayal of his friend’s cheerfulness and equanimity during his final days provoked outrage among the devout. Smith later commented that this work “brought upon me ten times more abuse than the very violent attack I had made upon the whole commercial system of Great Britain”—meaning, of course, The Wealth of Nations. This is the first annotated version of this fascinating and important work. Along with the Letter to Strahan, the volume also includes Hume’s My Own Life, the work to which the Letter was a kind of companion piece; two personal letters related to the Letter; and three published responses to the Letter—two viciously critical and one generally favorable. A substantial editor’s introduction discusses the context, composition, publication, and significance of the Letter, along with the strong reaction that it provoked. Taken together, the works included in the volume provide an entertaining and accessible entrée into some of the most controversial debates over religion and morality in the eighteenth century.
Author : George Horne
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Page : 16 pages
File Size : 16,23 MB
Release : 1819
Category : Philosophers
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Author : George Horne
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Page : 60 pages
File Size : 50,48 MB
Release : 1777
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Author : George Horne (Bishop of Norwich.)
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Page : 34 pages
File Size : 42,58 MB
Release : 1784
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Author : Clyde Edward Dankert
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Page : 320 pages
File Size : 27,1 MB
Release : 1974
Category : Biography & Autobiography
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Author : Adam Smith
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 500 pages
File Size : 24,67 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780198285700
In this edition the missing part of one letter and eighteen entirely new ones are presented. The search for these letters even extended to Japan. Therefore, all new Smith letter discovered since 1977 are included. In addition, wherever errors were suspected or misreadings have come to light in the standing text as a result of advice from reviewers and correspondents, these have been corrected.
Author : George Horne
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Page : 20 pages
File Size : 22,71 MB
Release : 1782
Category : Apologetics
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Author : Thomas Pownall
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Page : 0 pages
File Size : 38,79 MB
Release : 1967
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