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ADAM SMITH'S OPTIMISTIC TELEOLOGICAL VIEW OF HISTORY
Get PDFAdam 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,
Résumé des travaux de l'expédition polaire danoise internationale
No full textpar Adam F. W. Paulsen Suivi d'un Sommaire des observations météorologiques faites pendant la dérive du Dijmphna dans la mer de Kara. Par A. P. Hovgaard Publ. par l'Institut météorol. danoi
Tysk ånd og Vesteuropa:Fjendebilleder blandt tyske intellektuelle under Første Verdenskrig
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Die Stromschnellen bei Laufenburg und die Entstehung der deutschen Heimatschutzbewegung:Eine ökokritische Perspektive
No full textDie Stromschnellen bei Laufenburg und die Entstehung der deutschen Heimatschutzbewegung:Eine ökokritische Perspektive
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