Adam Smith and Rousseau

Adam Smith and Rousseau
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Publisher : Edinburgh Studies in Scottish Philosophy
Total Pages : 331
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ISBN-13 : 1474422853
ISBN-10 : 9781474422857
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Book Synopsis Adam Smith and Rousseau by : Maria Pia Paganelli

Download or read book Adam Smith and Rousseau written by Maria Pia Paganelli and published by Edinburgh Studies in Scottish Philosophy. This book was released on 2018-02-18 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection brings together an international and interdisciplinary group of Adam Smith and Jean-Jacques Rousseau scholars to explore the key shared concerns of these two great thinkers in politics, philosophy, economics, history, and literature. Looks at all aspects of the pivotal intellectual relationship between two key figures of the Enlightenment Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78) and Adam Smith (1723-90) are two of the foremost thinkers of the European Enlightenment. They who made seminal contributions to moral and political philosophy and shaped some of the key concepts of modern political economy. Though we have no solid evidence that they met in person, we do know that they shared many friends and interlocutors.In particular, David Hume was Smith's closest intellectual associate and was also the one who arranged for Rousseau's stay in England in 1766. This collection brings together an international and interdisciplinary group of Adam Smith and Rousseau scholars to explore the key shared concerns of these two great thinkers in politics, philosophy, economics, history and literature


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