The remarkable ‘love story’ between great thinkers Adam Smith and David Hume is told in a new play
As reported in The Scotsman. Tickets. Adam Smithclassical liberalismDavid HumefriendshipScottish Enlightenment
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A Philosopher’s Economist: Hume and the Rise Capitalism
I mentioned this a while back. Adam SmithcapitalismCarl WennerlindDavid HumeEconomicsMargaret Schabaspolitical economyScottish Enlightenmentscottish philosophy
David Hume
Born on this date in 1711. David HumePhilosophyScottish Enlightenmentscottish philosophy
Liberalism for the 21st Century: From markets to civil society, from economics to human beings
Chapter 6, Gus diZerega: classical liberalismGus diZeregaIndividualismJohn LockeScottish Enlightenment
Burke’s Enlightenment: Commerce, Virtue, and Civilization
Due May 2020. capitalismEconomicsEdmund BurkeGregory M. Collinspolitical economyPolitical philosophyScottish Enlightenment
The Theory of Moral Sentiments — online
Smith’s TMS has been made available online. Adam SmithDavid HumeScottish Enlightenmentscottish philosophyTheory of Moral SentimentsWealth of Nations
Of the Standard of Taste
Striking paragraph in Hume’s Essays, Moral, Political, and Literary (1757). aestheticsAtheismDavid HumeislamLiberalismregressive leftReligionOfPeaceScottish Enlightenment
Williams: Hume on Religion
The vulgar perhaps need a religion: if so, polytheism may well be better, as doing less harm. The sophisticated may well do without one: the trouble is that the religion they may be tempted to embrace may be even worse than the primitive one. Here also, and in some ways parallel, is a distinction that…
The Place of Liberty in David Hume’s Project
The very excellent Nick Capaldi has the anchor essay with responses from Daniel Klein, Andrew Sabl, and Chandran Kukathas. Andrew SablChandran Kukathasclassical liberalismDaniel KleinDavid HumeNicholas CapaldiPolitical philosophyScottish Enlightenment
The Infidel and the Professor: David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship That Shaped Modern Thought
I’m looking forward to this. Check out the introduction as well. THE review here. Adam SmithDavid HumeDennis C. RasmussenfriendshipLiberalismScottish Enlightenmentscottish philosophy
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