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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,
Adam Smith on public expenditure and taxation
No full textThis paper presents Adam Smith’s view on taxation and public expenditure, by means of an almost literal reading of the Wealth of Nations famous passages on the "duties of the sovereign" and on the "maxims of taxation". Contrarily to the commonest usage of these passages, we will show that their core is the preoccupation with the public expenditure soaring and the defence of decentralisation. Furthermore and also contrarily to the existing interpretations we defend the non-existence of any contradiction between Smith’s income and price theory (and the incidence hypothesis), provided due attention is paid to the guiding role of the "maxims".Adam Smith, taxation, public expenditure
“Das adam Smith Problem” - uma análise comparativa das obras a teoria dos sentimentos morais e a riqueza das nações de Adam Smith
No full textTCC (graduação) - Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina. Centro Sócio-Econômico. Economia.Analisaremos aqui as relações existentes entre duas obras de Adam Smith, Teoria dos Sentimentos Morais (TSM) e Riqueza das Nações (RN), e a conseqüente relação entre moral e economia. Na primeira parte analisaremos as teses de Smith sobre filosofia moral (TSM) e economia política (RN). Na segunda parte analisaremos seletivamente a controvertida recensão dessas teses, o que ficou conhecido na história do pensamento econômico como “Das Adam Smith Problem”. Essa recensão dividi-se basicamente em duas interpretações: a primeira considera que entre a TSM e a RN haveria uma ruptura no pensamento de Smith, a segunda considera que existe uma unidade entre ambas as obras. Com relação à primeira interpretação, selecionamos a análise de Louis Dumont. E como contraponto, selecionamos a interpretação de Jean-Pierre Dupuy. Advogando a tese da unidade entre as obra de Smith, esse trabalho mostra as relações existentes entre a filosofia moral e economia para Adam Smith
Adam N. Boyd Oral History
No full textAdam Boyd was interviewed by Darryl Podoll on May 13, 1976 for approximately 54 minutes.https://digitalcommons.wustl.edu/oralhistories/1069/thumbnail.jp
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
THE THEOLOGICAL FOUNDATION OF ADAM SMITH'S WORK
No full textThe paper will discuss the theological foundation to Smith's writings. Teleology, final causes and divine design were initially seen as central to understanding Smith's writings. Over time, this view fell out of fashion. In the period after World War II, with the rise of positivism, commentators tended to overlook or downplay this interpretation. In the last decade, or so, teleology has started to be restored to its former position as an essential element in understanding Smith. After spelling out Smith's teleology and his view of final causes, divine design and the ends of nature, we try to explain the Panglossian nature of the 'new theistic view' of Smith. While our view differs somewhat, we agree with the essence of the 'new view' claim: a theological view exists in Smith which underpins his moral and economic theories.Political Economy,
Stephen Greenblatt's 2017 Book The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve and Walter J. Ong's Thought
No full textI proceed in an additive way to connect certain points in Stephen Greenblatt's book The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve with related points in the thought of Walter J. Ong, Bernard Lonergan, and John Courtney Murray. As I proceed, I provide bibliographic references in parenthetical documentation in the text of my essay.My 4,250-word essay surveys selected points in Stephen Greenblatt's 2017 book The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve, on the one hand, and, on the other, related points in Walter J. Ong's thought, along with related points in the thought of Bernard Lonergan and John Courtney Murray.N/AFarrell, Thomas. (2018). Stephen Greenblatt's 2017 Book The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve and Walter J. Ong's Thought. Retrieved from the University Digital Conservancy, https://hdl.handle.net/11299/199762
Supplementary Information for study Cationic-anionic complexes of Cu(II) and Co(II) with N-scorpionate ligand – structure, spectroscopy, and catecholase activity
No full textThese are supplementary informations for publication "Cationic-anionic complexes of Cu(II) and Co(II) with N-scorpionate ligand – structure, spectroscopy, and catecholase activity" by Małgorzata Zienkiewicz-Machnik, Roman Luboradzki, Justyna Mech-Piskorz, Gonzalo Angulo, Wojciech Nogala, Tomasz Ratajczyk, Pavlo Aleshkevych, Adam Kubaspublished in Dalton Trans. 2025 DOI https://doi.org/10.1039/D4DT03478CSet contains: structure analysis, FTIR, NMR, UV-VIS and EPR spectra as well as electrochemical measurements calculations outcomes.</p
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