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ADAM SMITH'S OPTIMISTIC TELEOLOGICAL VIEW OF HISTORY
No full textAdam Smith's four-stage theory provides the framework for his writings on history. The fourth stage is the commercial epoch; the culmination of history in this stage is a key component in the conventional interpretation of Adam Smith as a prophet of commercialism. In two historical case studies Smith shows the capacity of commercial society to regenerate itself. This potent capacity suggests that commercial society is inevitable. At a certain point in time it also overcomes the major obstacles to its permanence. Smith's philosophy of history anticipates the end of history views of Kant and Hegel.Political Economy,
ADAM SMITH'S VIEW OF HISTORY: CONSISTENT OR PARADOXICAL?
No full textThe conventional interpretation of Adam Smith is that he is a prophet of commercialism. The liberal capitalist reading of Smith is consistent with the view that history culminates in commercial society. The first part of the article develops this optimistic interpretation of Smith's view of history. Smith implies that commercial society is the end of history because 1) it supplies the ends of nature that he identifies; 2) it is inevitable; and 3) it is permanent. The second part of the article shows that Smith has some dark moments in his writings where he seems to reject completely such teleological notions. In this more civic humanist mood he confesses that commercial society does not supply the ends of nature, nor is it inevitable, nor is it permanent. Both views exist in Smith and the commentator is forced to choose between passages in Smith's work in order to support a particular interpretation of the former's view of history.Political Economy,
D. Adam Struensee kurze Abhandlung vom Catechisiren
No full textD. ADAM STRUENSEE KURZE ABHANDLUNG VOM CATECHISIREN
D. Adam Struensee kurze Abhandlung vom Catechisiren ([1])
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D. Adam Struensee kurze Abhandlung von der Religion
No full textD. ADAM STRUENSEE KURZE ABHANDLUNG VON DER RELIGION
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D. Adam Struensee kurze Abhandlung von einfältigen Predigten
No full textD. ADAM STRUENSEE KURZE ABHANDLUNG VON EINFÄLTIGEN PREDIGTEN
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Adam Smith and Roman Servitudes
No full textThis essay is a preprint of an article that appeared at: Tijdschrift voor Rechstsgeschiedenis, 72 (2004), 327–57.This essay discusses Adam Smith historical jurisprudence and his use of Roman law materials in his Lectures on Jurisprudence. It argues that Smith found it difficult to maintain his theory of legal development in the face of a highly developed body of Roman law literature
Supplemental Material, SPPS744022_suppl_mat - Paradoxical Effects of Power on Moral Thinking: Why Power Both Increases and Decreases Deontological and Utilitarian Moral Decisions
No full textSupplemental Material, SPPS744022_suppl_mat for Paradoxical Effects of Power on Moral Thinking: Why Power Both Increases and Decreases Deontological and Utilitarian Moral Decisions by Alexandra Fleischmann, Joris Lammers, Paul Conway, and Adam D. Galinsky in Social Psychological and Personality Science</p
D. Adam Struensee kurze Abhandlung von den Gnadenwirkungen Gottes in den Seelen der Menschen
No full textD. ADAM STRUENSEE KURZE ABHANDLUNG VON DEN GNADENWIRKUNGEN GOTTES IN DEN SEELEN DER MENSCHEN
D. Adam Struensee kurze Abhandlung von den Gnadenwirkungen Gottes in den Seelen der Menschen ([1])
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D. Adam Struensee kurze Abhandlung von der übernatürlichen Kraft des Wortes Gottes
No full textD. ADAM STRUENSEE KURZE ABHANDLUNG VON DER ÜBERNATÜRLICHEN KRAFT DES WORTES GOTTES
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D. Adam Struensee kurze Abhandlung von der verderbten Natur des Menschen
No full textD. ADAM STRUENSEE KURZE ABHANDLUNG VON DER VERDERBTEN NATUR DES MENSCHEN
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