English Philosopher Adam Smith from 1723-1790
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: May 31, 1942
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9780766105317
Subjects: History & Surveys - 17th/18th Century; Mysticism; Metaphysics; Philosophy
First sentence: To explain the origin of our ideas of right and wrong, and to find for them, if possible, a solid basis of authority, apart from their coincidence with the dogmas of theology, was the problem of moral philosophy which chiefly occupied the speculation of the last century, and to which Adam Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments was one of the most important contributions.