Essays on Philosophical Subjects

Name: Essays on Philosophical Subjects
Brand: Liberty Fund Inc. (US)
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Written by Adam Smith

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Reflecting Adam Smith's wide learning and varied interests, these essays shed considerable light on his place in the Scottish Enlightenment. Included are histories of astronomy, ancient logic, and ancient physics; essays on the "imitative" arts and the affinity between music, dancing, and poetry; and a critical review of Samuel Johnson's famous Dictionary. which Smith originally published in the Edinburgh Review (1755-56).

Adam Smith was born in a small village in Kirkcaldy, Scotland in 1723. He entered the University of Glasgow at age fourteen, and later attended Balliol College at Oxford. After lecturing for a period, he held several teaching positions at Glasgow University. His greatest achievement was writing The Wealth of Nations (1776), a five-book series that sought to expose the true causes of prosperity, and installed him as the father of contemporary economic thought. He died in Edinburgh on July 19, 1790.

ISBN-13: 9780865970236
Publisher: Liberty Fund Inc.
Imprint: Liberty Fund Inc. (US)
Publication date: 1 January 1981
Format: Paperback
Pages: 391
Dimensions: 150 x 230 mm
Language: English