Adam Smith and the Classics : the Classical Heritage in Adam Smith's Thought.
This book defines the relationship between the thought of Adam Smith and that of the ancients Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, and the Stoics. Vivenza offers a complete survey of all Smith's writings with the aim of illustrating how classical arguments shaped opinions and scholarship in the eighteenth...
| Format: | eBook |
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| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | Translated from the Italian. |
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Oxford Scholarship Online
2001.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This book defines the relationship between the thought of Adam Smith and that of the ancients Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, and the Stoics. Vivenza offers a complete survey of all Smith's writings with the aim of illustrating how classical arguments shaped opinions and scholarship in the eighteenth century. - ;Adam Smith and the Classics analyses the influence of classical culture the work of Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, and the Stoics on Adam Smith's thought. Vivenza bases her arguments on elements of Smith's work that can be shown to be precise reflections of passages from the classical authors, and on Smith's own acknowledgements that he was so influenced. The bulk of the classical nuances occur in Smith's moral and natural philosophy, but Vivenza also shows that the classics had some impact on his economic thought. The book represents a complete survey of all Adam Smith's writings, and is organized by arguments: natural philosophy, moral philosophy, jurisprudence, topics of economic interest, and literature. A further chapter discusses the very recent consensus among a number of scholars that Smith's writings display strong elements of Stoicism. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (250 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1281943908 9781281943903 9780191597008 0191597007 |