Adam Smith and the Classics 'The Classical Heritage in Adam Smith's Thought '

By Gloria Vivenza

Book Overview

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 Smith's writings to illustrate how classical arguments shaped opinions and scholarship in the eighteenth century.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0198296665
• ISBN13: 9780198296669
• Release Date: January 2002
• Publisher: OUP Oxford
• Length: 250 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.5"