Just Sentiments: Adam Smith Essays

For your perusal and pontification. 

Various short essays on Adam Smith, Scottish enlightenment thinker and humanist.

https://www.adamsmithworks.org/documents/just-sentiments

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The first essay in our NEW series takes a close look at Adam Smith's language and the implications of those choices for understanding him and the world he is describing. 

"Smith often said simply “liberty” but sometimes “natural liberty.” Why did Smith sometimes say “natural liberty”? Maybe he wanted to highlight its “naturalness.” That prompts the question: What is “natural” about Smith’s “natural liberty”?"
 

And if this is a topic of interest to you, but podcasts are more accessible (or just supplemental) then this 3-part series from the fine team at Freakonomics was well done, too: 

In Search of the Real Adam Smith

https://freakonomics.com/podcast-tag/in-search-of-the-real-adam-smith/

Edited January 1, 20233 yr by iNow