Life of Adam Smith

Zusatztext What makes the second edition of The Life of Adam Smith remarkable is that it strives to be two things simultaneously. First, it remains an intellectual biography, following Smith's life year by year and connecting published observations to actual events...The second aim of the book is to absorb the new scholarship into Ross's old narrative...This intellectual biography is as much intellectual as it is biography; it is built on textual scholarship as well as historical narrative. Informationen zum Autor Ian Simpson Ross is the biographer of Lord Kames, Smith's patron, and of the Scottish poet William Dunbar, and has edited, with E C Mossner, Smith's correspondence for the Glasgow edition of his works. He is Professor Emeritus of the University of British Columbia. Klappentext This new edition of The Life of Adam Smith remains the only book to give a full account of Smith's life whilst also placing his work into the context of his life and times. Zusammenfassung This new edition of The Life of Adam Smith remains the only book to give a full account of Smith's life whilst also placing his work into the context of his life and times. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1: Kirkcaldy 2: Boyhood 3: Glasgow 4: The Never to be Forgotten Hutcheson 5: Oxford 6: A Respectable Auditory 7: Lectures on the History of Philosophy and Law 8: Called to Glasgow University 9: Teacher 10: Publishing Scholar and Administrator 11: The Making of the Theory of Moral Sentiments 12: Criticism of the Theory of Moral Sentiments 13: Travelling Tutor 14: Transition 15: Inquirer into the Wealth of Nations 16: The American Crisis and the Wealth of Nations 17: Euge! Belle! Dear Mr Smith 18: Dialogue with a Dying Man 19: Settlement in Edinburgh 20: Economic Theorist as Commissioner of Customs 21: Literary Pursuits 22: Times of Hardship and Distress 23: Legacy for Legislators 24: The Precariousness of this Life 25: The Great Change Bibliography ...

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Ian Simpson Ross, Ian Simpson (Professor (Emeritus) Ross, Ross Ian Simpson
• Editore: Oxford University Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Copertina rigida
• Pubblicazione: 11.10.2010
• EAN: 9780199550036
• ISBN: 978-0-19-955003-6
• Pagine: 624
• Dimensioni: 165 mm x 242 mm x 37 mm
• Categorie: Saggistica > Filosofia, religione > Biografie, autobiografie; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical, Biography: historical, political & military, PHILOSOPHY / History & Surveys / Modern, PHILOSOPHY / Ethics & Moral Philosophy, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory, Economic theory & philosophy, Ethics & moral philosophy, Ethics and moral philosophy, Biography: historical, political and military, Western philosophy: Enlightenment, Economic theory and philosophy