Adam Smith: Selected Philosophical Writings

by James R. Otteson and Adam Smith

Book Overview

Adam Smith (1723 90) studied under Francis Hutcheson at the University of Glasgow, befriended David Hume while lecturing on rhetoric and jurisprudence in Edinburgh, was elected Professor of Logic, Professor of Moral Philosophy, Vice-rector, and eventually Lord Rector of the University of Glasgow, and, along with Hutcheson, Hume, and a few others, went on to become one of the chief figures of the astonishing period of learning known as the Scottish...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1845400011
• ISBN13: 9781845400019
• Release Date: July 2004
• Publisher: Imprint Academic (Ips)
• Length: 200 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.7" x 7.9"