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Adam Smith is celebrated all over the world as the author of The Wealth of Nations and the founder of modern economics. A few of his ideas - that of the 'Invisible Hand' of the market and that 'It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest' - have become icons of the modern world. Yet Smith saw himself primarily as a philosopher rather than an economist, and would never have predicted that the ideas for which he is now best known were his most important. This book, by one of the leading scholars of the Scottish Enlightenment, shows the extent to which The Wealth of Nations and Smith's other great work, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, were part of a larger scheme to establish a grand 'Science of Man', one of the most ambitious projects of the European Enlightenment, which was to encompass law, history and aesthetics as well as economics and ethics. Nicholas Phillipson reconstructs Smith's intellectual ancestry and formation, of which he gives a radically new and convincing account. He shows what Smith took from, and what he gave to, the rapidly changing and subtly different intellectual and commercial cultures of Glasgow and Edinburgh as they entered the great years of the Scottish Enlightenment. Above all he explains how far Smith's ideas developed in dialogue with those of his closest friend, the other titan of the age, David Hume. This superb biography is now the one book which anyone interested in the founder of economics must read. ePUB, 05.08.2010.

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Product DescriptThe great eighteenth-century British econo Adam Smith (1723-90) is celebrated as the founder of modern economics. Yet Smith saw himself primarily as a philosopher rather than an econo and would never have predicted that the ideas for which he is now best known were his most important. This�biography shows the extent to which Smiths great works,�The Wealth of Nats and The Theory of Moral Sentiments, were part of one of the most ambitious projects of the Euruopean Enlightenment, a grand "Science of Man that would encompass law, history, and aesthetics as well as economics and ethics, and which was only half complete on Smith?s death in 1790.Nick Phillipson reconstructs Smith?s intellectual ancestry and shows what Smith took from, and what he gave to, in the rapidly changing intellectual and commercial cultures of Glasgow and Edinburgh as they entered the great years of the Scottish Enlightenment. Above all he explains how far Smith?s ideas developed in dialogue with those of his closest friend, the other titan of the age, David Hume.ReviewA fascinating book. . . . Adam Smith finally has the biography that he deserves, and it could not be more timely.-Jeffrey Collins,Wall Street Journal (Jeffrey CollinsWall Street Journal)An unabashedly intellectual biography . . . [written] in graceful prose. . . . For all that subsequent generats, no less our own, have taken from Smiths economic contributs, it is indeed enlightening to understand the broader sweep of his vis.--Nancy F. Koehn,New York Times (Nancy F. KoehnNew York Times)"Lively [and] well-observed. . . . It would take a "skilful pencil" to bring Smith to life, ned one of his friends. In bringing Smith?s ideas to life, Phillipson shows that his pencilwork is skilful indeed. ?-The Econo (The Econo)Remarkable, often brilliant. . . stuffed with acute philosophical observats. But no less fascinating is the portrait of the milieu in which Smith lived. . . . Phillipsons exposit of [Smiths] enlightened life can scarcely be bettered.-The Times (London) (The Times (London))[Nicholas Phillipson] tries, very successfully, to pull together the two Smiths, letting us see how the man of feeling became the little god of finance. . . making it plain that Smith was more moral-man than market-man.-Adam Gopnik,The New Yorker (Adam GopnikThe New Yorker 2010-10-18)One good reason to read Nicholas Phillipsons�excellent intellectual biography is to gain a more nuanced understanding of Smith and, in�particular, of his vis of an all-embracing science of man.�. . . When Phillipson discussesThe Wealth of Nats, its hard not to discern parallels between Smiths time and our own.-Michael Dirda,Washington Post (Michael DirdaWashington Post)This year, my favorite business book was Nicholas Phillipsons biography of Adam Smith. It showed that Smith is still the greatest econo of all time, wise about human nature, and that he understands the power of capitalism.-Tyler Cowen, NPRs Marketplace (Tyler CowenNPRs Marketplace)Named a Favorite Business Book of 2010 by James Pressley, Bloomberg BusinessWeek (James PressleyBloomberg Business Week)Named a Best Book of 2010 by the Atlantic (Atlantic Monthly)Named a Critics Favorite Book of 2010-The New Yorker (New Yorker)About the AuthorNicholas Phillipson is one of the leading scholars of the Scottish Enlightenment. An Honorary Research Fellow in History at the University of Edinburgh, he has held visiting appointments at Princeton, Yale, the Folger Library, and the Ludwigs-Maximilians-Universit�t. Gut, Festpreisangebot, Bestes Angebot, Edition Description: 1st, Binding: Hardcover, Publication Date: 05-10-2010, Sprache: English, Publication Year: 05-10-2010, Country of Origin: USA, United States, Manufacturer/Packer/Importer Details: ERGODE, Net Quantity/Number of Units: 1, Dimensions (LxWxH) - Inches: 1.4X9.3X6.2, ISBN-10: 0300169272, ISBN-13: 9780300169270, SKU: SONG0300169272, Buchtitel: Adam Smith: An Enlightened Life (The Lewis Walpole Series in Eigh.

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Product DescriptThe great eighteenth-century British econo Adam Smith (1723-90) is celebrated as the founder of modern economics. Yet Smith saw himself primarily as a philosopher rather than an econo and would never have predicted that the ideas for which he is now best known were his most important. This�biography shows the extent to which Smiths great works,�The Wealth of Nats and The Theory of Moral Sentiments, were part of one of the most ambitious projects of the Euruopean Enlightenment, a grand "Science of Man that would encompass law, history, and aesthetics as well as economics and ethics, and which was only half complete on Smith?s death in 1790.Nick Phillipson reconstructs Smith?s intellectual ancestry and shows what Smith took from, and what he gave to, in the rapidly changing intellectual and commercial cultures of Glasgow and Edinburgh as they entered the great years of the Scottish Enlightenment. Above all he explains how far Smith?s ideas developed in dialogue with those of his closest friend, the other titan of the age, David Hume.ReviewA fascinating book. . . . Adam Smith finally has the biography that he deserves, and it could not be more timely.-Jeffrey Collins,Wall Street Journal (Jeffrey CollinsWall Street Journal)An unabashedly intellectual biography . . . [written] in graceful prose. . . . For all that subsequent generats, no less our own, have taken from Smiths economic contributs, it is indeed enlightening to understand the broader sweep of his vis.--Nancy F. Koehn,New York Times (Nancy F. KoehnNew York Times)"Lively [and] well-observed. . . . It would take a "skilful pencil" to bring Smith to life, ned one of his friends. In bringing Smith?s ideas to life, Phillipson shows that his pencilwork is skilful indeed. ?-The Econo (The Econo)Remarkable, often brilliant. . . stuffed with acute philosophical observats. But no less fascinating is the portrait of the milieu in which Smith lived. . . . Phillipsons exposit of [Smiths] enlightened life can scarcely be bettered.-The Times (London) (The Times (London))[Nicholas Phillipson] tries, very successfully, to pull together the two Smiths, letting us see how the man of feeling became the little god of finance. . . making it plain that Smith was more moral-man than market-man.-Adam Gopnik,The New Yorker (Adam GopnikThe New Yorker 2010-10-18)One good reason to read Nicholas Phillipsons�excellent intellectual biography is to gain a more nuanced understanding of Smith and, in�particular, of his vis of an all-embracing science of man.�. . . When Phillipson discussesThe Wealth of Nats, its hard not to discern parallels between Smiths time and our own.-Michael Dirda,Washington Post (Michael DirdaWashington Post)This year, my favorite business book was Nicholas Phillipsons biography of Adam Smith. It showed that Smith is still the greatest econo of all time, wise about human nature, and that he understands the power of capitalism.-Tyler Cowen, NPRs Marketplace (Tyler CowenNPRs Marketplace)Named a Favorite Business Book of 2010 by James Pressley, Bloomberg BusinessWeek (James PressleyBloomberg Business Week)Named a Best Book of 2010 by the Atlantic (Atlantic Monthly)Named a Critics Favorite Book of 2010-The New Yorker (New Yorker)About the AuthorNicholas Phillipson is one of the leading scholars of the Scottish Enlightenment. An Honorary Research Fellow in History at the University of Edinburgh, he has held visiting appointments at Princeton, Yale, the Folger Library, and the Ludwigs-Maximilians-Universit�t. Gut, Festpreisangebot, Bestes Angebot, Edition Description: 1st, Binding: Hardcover, Publication Date: 05-10-2010, Sprache: English, Publication Year: 05-10-2010, Country of Origin: USA, United States, Manufacturer/Packer/Importer Details: ERGODE, Net Quantity/Number of Units: 1, Dimensions (LxWxH) - Inches: 1.4X9.3X6.2, ISBN-10: 0300169272, ISBN-13: 9780300169270, SKU: SONG0300169272, Buchtitel: Adam Smith: An Enlightened Life (The Lewis Walpole Series in Eigh.

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Product DescriptThe great eighteenth-century British econo Adam Smith (1723-90) is celebrated as the founder of modern economics. Yet Smith saw himself primarily as a philosopher rather than an econo and would never have predicted that the ideas for which he is now best known were his most important. This�biography shows the extent to which Smiths great works,�The Wealth of Nats and The Theory of Moral Sentiments, were part of one of the most ambitious projects of the Euruopean Enlightenment, a grand "Science of Man that would encompass law, history, and aesthetics as well as economics and ethics, and which was only half complete on Smith?s death in 1790.Nick Phillipson reconstructs Smith?s intellectual ancestry and shows what Smith took from, and what he gave to, in the rapidly changing intellectual and commercial cultures of Glasgow and Edinburgh as they entered the great years of the Scottish Enlightenment. Above all he explains how far Smith?s ideas developed in dialogue with those of his closest friend, the other titan of the age, David Hume.ReviewA fascinating book. . . . Adam Smith finally has the biography that he deserves, and it could not be more timely.-Jeffrey Collins,Wall Street Journal (Jeffrey CollinsWall Street Journal)An unabashedly intellectual biography . . . [written] in graceful prose. . . . For all that subsequent generats, no less our own, have taken from Smiths economic contributs, it is indeed enlightening to understand the broader sweep of his vis.--Nancy F. Koehn,New York Times (Nancy F. KoehnNew York Times)"Lively [and] well-observed. . . . It would take a "skilful pencil" to bring Smith to life, ned one of his friends. In bringing Smith?s ideas to life, Phillipson shows that his pencilwork is skilful indeed. ?-The Econo (The Econo)Remarkable, often brilliant. . . stuffed with acute philosophical observats. But no less fascinating is the portrait of the milieu in which Smith lived. . . . Phillipsons exposit of [Smiths] enlightened life can scarcely be bettered.-The Times (London) (The Times (London))[Nicholas Phillipson] tries, very successfully, to pull together the two Smiths, letting us see how the man of feeling became the little god of finance. . . making it plain that Smith was more moral-man than market-man.-Adam Gopnik,The New Yorker (Adam GopnikThe New Yorker 2010-10-18)One good reason to read Nicholas Phillipsons�excellent intellectual biography is to gain a more nuanced understanding of Smith and, in�particular, of his vis of an all-embracing science of man.�. . . When Phillipson discussesThe Wealth of Nats, its hard not to discern parallels between Smiths time and our own.-Michael Dirda,Washington Post (Michael DirdaWashington Post)This year, my favorite business book was Nicholas Phillipsons biography of Adam Smith. It showed that Smith is still the greatest econo of all time, wise about human nature, and that he understands the power of capitalism.-Tyler Cowen, NPRs Marketplace (Tyler CowenNPRs Marketplace)Named a Favorite Business Book of 2010 by James Pressley, Bloomberg BusinessWeek (James PressleyBloomberg Business Week)Named a Best Book of 2010 by the Atlantic (Atlantic Monthly)Named a Critics Favorite Book of 2010-The New Yorker (New Yorker)About the AuthorNicholas Phillipson is one of the leading scholars of the Scottish Enlightenment. An Honorary Research Fellow in History at the University of Edinburgh, he has held visiting appointments at Princeton, Yale, the Folger Library, and the Ludwigs-Maximilians-Universit�t. Gut, Festpreisangebot, Bestes Angebot, Edition Description: 1st, Binding: Hardcover, Publication Date: 05-10-2010, Sprache: English, Publication Year: 05-10-2010, Country of Origin: USA, United States, Manufacturer/Packer/Importer Details: ERGODE, Net Quantity/Number of Units: 1, Dimensions (LxWxH) - Inches: 1.4X9.3X6.2, ISBN-10: 0300169272, ISBN-13: 9780300169270, SKU: SONG0300169272, Buchtitel: Adam Smith: An Enlightened Life (The Lewis Walpole Series in Eigh.

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Product DescriptThe great eighteenth-century British econo Adam Smith (1723-90) is celebrated as the founder of modern economics. Yet Smith saw himself primarily as a philosopher rather than an econo and would never have predicted that the ideas for which he is now best known were his most important. This�biography shows the extent to which Smiths great works,�The Wealth of Nats and The Theory of Moral Sentiments, were part of one of the most ambitious projects of the Euruopean Enlightenment, a grand "Science of Man that would encompass law, history, and aesthetics as well as economics and ethics, and which was only half complete on Smith?s death in 1790.Nick Phillipson reconstructs Smith?s intellectual ancestry and shows what Smith took from, and what he gave to, in the rapidly changing intellectual and commercial cultures of Glasgow and Edinburgh as they entered the great years of the Scottish Enlightenment. Above all he explains how far Smith?s ideas developed in dialogue with those of his closest friend, the other titan of the age, David Hume.ReviewA fascinating book. . . . Adam Smith finally has the biography that he deserves, and it could not be more timely.-Jeffrey Collins,Wall Street Journal (Jeffrey CollinsWall Street Journal)An unabashedly intellectual biography . . . [written] in graceful prose. . . . For all that subsequent generats, no less our own, have taken from Smiths economic contributs, it is indeed enlightening to understand the broader sweep of his vis.--Nancy F. Koehn,New York Times (Nancy F. KoehnNew York Times)"Lively [and] well-observed. . . . It would take a "skilful pencil" to bring Smith to life, ned one of his friends. In bringing Smith?s ideas to life, Phillipson shows that his pencilwork is skilful indeed. ?-The Econo (The Econo)Remarkable, often brilliant. . . stuffed with acute philosophical observats. But no less fascinating is the portrait of the milieu in which Smith lived. . . . Phillipsons exposit of [Smiths] enlightened life can scarcely be bettered.-The Times (London) (The Times (London))[Nicholas Phillipson] tries, very successfully, to pull together the two Smiths, letting us see how the man of feeling became the little god of finance. . . making it plain that Smith was more moral-man than market-man.-Adam Gopnik,The New Yorker (Adam GopnikThe New Yorker 2010-10-18)One good reason to read Nicholas Phillipsons�excellent intellectual biography is to gain a more nuanced understanding of Smith and, in�particular, of his vis of an all-embracing science of man.�. . . When Phillipson discussesThe Wealth of Nats, its hard not to discern parallels between Smiths time and our own.-Michael Dirda,Washington Post (Michael DirdaWashington Post)This year, my favorite business book was Nicholas Phillipsons biography of Adam Smith. It showed that Smith is still the greatest econo of all time, wise about human nature, and that he understands the power of capitalism.-Tyler Cowen, NPRs Marketplace (Tyler CowenNPRs Marketplace)Named a Favorite Business Book of 2010 by James Pressley, Bloomberg BusinessWeek (James PressleyBloomberg Business Week)Named a Best Book of 2010 by the Atlantic (Atlantic Monthly)Named a Critics Favorite Book of 2010-The New Yorker (New Yorker)About the AuthorNicholas Phillipson is one of the leading scholars of the Scottish Enlightenment. An Honorary Research Fellow in History at the University of Edinburgh, he has held visiting appointments at Princeton, Yale, the Folger Library, and the Ludwigs-Maximilians-Universit�t. Gut, Festpreisangebot, Bestes Angebot, Edition Description: 1st, Binding: Hardcover, Publication Date: 05-10-2010, Sprache: English, Publication Year: 05-10-2010, Country of Origin: USA, United States, Manufacturer/Packer/Importer Details: ERGODE, Net Quantity/Number of Units: 1, Dimensions (LxWxH) - Inches: 1.4X9.3X6.2, ISBN-10: 0300169272, ISBN-13: 9780300169270, SKU: SONG0300169272, Buchtitel: Adam Smith: An Enlightened Life (The Lewis Walpole Series in Eigh.

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Product DescriptThe great eighteenth-century British econo Adam Smith (1723-90) is celebrated as the founder of modern economics. Yet Smith saw himself primarily as a philosopher rather than an econo and would never have predicted that the ideas for which he is now best known were his most important. This�biography shows the extent to which Smiths great works,�The Wealth of Nats and The Theory of Moral Sentiments, were part of one of the most ambitious projects of the Euruopean Enlightenment, a grand "Science of Man that would encompass law, history, and aesthetics as well as economics and ethics, and which was only half complete on Smith?s death in 1790.Nick Phillipson reconstructs Smith?s intellectual ancestry and shows what Smith took from, and what he gave to, in the rapidly changing intellectual and commercial cultures of Glasgow and Edinburgh as they entered the great years of the Scottish Enlightenment. Above all he explains how far Smith?s ideas developed in dialogue with those of his closest friend, the other titan of the age, David Hume.ReviewA fascinating book. . . . Adam Smith finally has the biography that he deserves, and it could not be more timely.-Jeffrey Collins,Wall Street Journal (Jeffrey CollinsWall Street Journal)An unabashedly intellectual biography . . . [written] in graceful prose. . . . For all that subsequent generats, no less our own, have taken from Smiths economic contributs, it is indeed enlightening to understand the broader sweep of his vis.--Nancy F. Koehn,New York Times (Nancy F. KoehnNew York Times)"Lively [and] well-observed. . . . It would take a "skilful pencil" to bring Smith to life, ned one of his friends. In bringing Smith?s ideas to life, Phillipson shows that his pencilwork is skilful indeed. ?-The Econo (The Econo)Remarkable, often brilliant. . . stuffed with acute philosophical observats. But no less fascinating is the portrait of the milieu in which Smith lived. . . . Phillipsons exposit of [Smiths] enlightened life can scarcely be bettered.-The Times (London) (The Times (London))[Nicholas Phillipson] tries, very successfully, to pull together the two Smiths, letting us see how the man of feeling became the little god of finance. . . making it plain that Smith was more moral-man than market-man.-Adam Gopnik,The New Yorker (Adam GopnikThe New Yorker 2010-10-18)One good reason to read Nicholas Phillipsons�excellent intellectual biography is to gain a more nuanced understanding of Smith and, in�particular, of his vis of an all-embracing science of man.�. . . When Phillipson discussesThe Wealth of Nats, its hard not to discern parallels between Smiths time and our own.-Michael Dirda,Washington Post (Michael DirdaWashington Post)This year, my favorite business book was Nicholas Phillipsons biography of Adam Smith. It showed that Smith is still the greatest econo of all time, wise about human nature, and that he understands the power of capitalism.-Tyler Cowen, NPRs Marketplace (Tyler CowenNPRs Marketplace)Named a Favorite Business Book of 2010 by James Pressley, Bloomberg BusinessWeek (James PressleyBloomberg Business Week)Named a Best Book of 2010 by the Atlantic (Atlantic Monthly)Named a Critics Favorite Book of 2010-The New Yorker (New Yorker)About the AuthorNicholas Phillipson is one of the leading scholars of the Scottish Enlightenment. An Honorary Research Fellow in History at the University of Edinburgh, he has held visiting appointments at Princeton, Yale, the Folger Library, and the Ludwigs-Maximilians-Universit�t. Gut, Festpreisangebot, Bestes Angebot, Edition Description: 1st, Binding: Hardcover, Publication Date: 05-10-2010, Sprache: English, Publication Year: 05-10-2010, Country of Origin: USA, United States, Manufacturer/Packer/Importer Details: ERGODE, Net Quantity/Number of Units: 1, Dimensions (LxWxH) - Inches: 1.4X9.3X6.2, ISBN-10: 0300169272, ISBN-13: 9780300169270, SKU: SONG0300169272, Buchtitel: Adam Smith: An Enlightened Life (The Lewis Walpole Series in Eigh.

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Product DescriptThe great eighteenth-century British econo Adam Smith (1723-90) is celebrated as the founder of modern economics. Yet Smith saw himself primarily as a philosopher rather than an econo and would never have predicted that the ideas for which he is now best known were his most important. This�biography shows the extent to which Smiths great works,�The Wealth of Nats and The Theory of Moral Sentiments, were part of one of the most ambitious projects of the Euruopean Enlightenment, a grand "Science of Man that would encompass law, history, and aesthetics as well as economics and ethics, and which was only half complete on Smith?s death in 1790.Nick Phillipson reconstructs Smith?s intellectual ancestry and shows what Smith took from, and what he gave to, in the rapidly changing intellectual and commercial cultures of Glasgow and Edinburgh as they entered the great years of the Scottish Enlightenment. Above all he explains how far Smith?s ideas developed in dialogue with those of his closest friend, the other titan of the age, David Hume.ReviewA fascinating book. . . . Adam Smith finally has the biography that he deserves, and it could not be more timely.-Jeffrey Collins,Wall Street Journal (Jeffrey CollinsWall Street Journal)An unabashedly intellectual biography . . . [written] in graceful prose. . . . For all that subsequent generats, no less our own, have taken from Smiths economic contributs, it is indeed enlightening to understand the broader sweep of his vis.--Nancy F. Koehn,New York Times (Nancy F. KoehnNew York Times)"Lively [and] well-observed. . . . It would take a "skilful pencil" to bring Smith to life, ned one of his friends. In bringing Smith?s ideas to life, Phillipson shows that his pencilwork is skilful indeed. ?-The Econo (The Econo)Remarkable, often brilliant. . . stuffed with acute philosophical observats. But no less fascinating is the portrait of the milieu in which Smith lived. . . . Phillipsons exposit of [Smiths] enlightened life can scarcely be bettered.-The Times (London) (The Times (London))[Nicholas Phillipson] tries, very successfully, to pull together the two Smiths, letting us see how the man of feeling became the little god of finance. . . making it plain that Smith was more moral-man than market-man.-Adam Gopnik,The New Yorker (Adam GopnikThe New Yorker 2010-10-18)One good reason to read Nicholas Phillipsons�excellent intellectual biography is to gain a more nuanced understanding of Smith and, in�particular, of his vis of an all-embracing science of man.�. . . When Phillipson discussesThe Wealth of Nats, its hard not to discern parallels between Smiths time and our own.-Michael Dirda,Washington Post (Michael DirdaWashington Post)This year, my favorite business book was Nicholas Phillipsons biography of Adam Smith. It showed that Smith is still the greatest econo of all time, wise about human nature, and that he understands the power of capitalism.-Tyler Cowen, NPRs Marketplace (Tyler CowenNPRs Marketplace)Named a Favorite Business Book of 2010 by James Pressley, Bloomberg BusinessWeek (James PressleyBloomberg Business Week)Named a Best Book of 2010 by the Atlantic (Atlantic Monthly)Named a Critics Favorite Book of 2010-The New Yorker (New Yorker)About the AuthorNicholas Phillipson is one of the leading scholars of the Scottish Enlightenment. An Honorary Research Fellow in History at the University of Edinburgh, he has held visiting appointments at Princeton, Yale, the Folger Library, and the Ludwigs-Maximilians-Universit�t. Gut, Festpreisangebot, Bestes Angebot, Edition Description: 1st, Binding: Hardcover, Publication Date: 05-10-2010, Sprache: English, Publication Year: 05-10-2010, Country of Origin: USA, United States, Manufacturer/Packer/Importer Details: ERGODE, Net Quantity/Number of Units: 1, Dimensions (LxWxH) - Inches: 1.4X9.3X6.2, ISBN-10: 0300169272, ISBN-13: 9780300169270, SKU: SONG0300169272, Buchtitel: Adam Smith: An Enlightened Life (The Lewis Walpole Series in Eigh.

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Product DescriptThe great eighteenth-century British econo Adam Smith (1723-90) is celebrated as the founder of modern economics. Yet Smith saw himself primarily as a philosopher rather than an econo and would never have predicted that the ideas for which he is now best known were his most important. This�biography shows the extent to which Smiths great works,�The Wealth of Nats and The Theory of Moral Sentiments, were part of one of the most ambitious projects of the Euruopean Enlightenment, a grand "Science of Man that would encompass law, history, and aesthetics as well as economics and ethics, and which was only half complete on Smith?s death in 1790.Nick Phillipson reconstructs Smith?s intellectual ancestry and shows what Smith took from, and what he gave to, in the rapidly changing intellectual and commercial cultures of Glasgow and Edinburgh as they entered the great years of the Scottish Enlightenment. Above all he explains how far Smith?s ideas developed in dialogue with those of his closest friend, the other titan of the age, David Hume.ReviewA fascinating book. . . . Adam Smith finally has the biography that he deserves, and it could not be more timely.-Jeffrey Collins,Wall Street Journal (Jeffrey CollinsWall Street Journal)An unabashedly intellectual biography . . . [written] in graceful prose. . . . For all that subsequent generats, no less our own, have taken from Smiths economic contributs, it is indeed enlightening to understand the broader sweep of his vis.--Nancy F. Koehn,New York Times (Nancy F. KoehnNew York Times)"Lively [and] well-observed. . . . It would take a "skilful pencil" to bring Smith to life, ned one of his friends. In bringing Smith?s ideas to life, Phillipson shows that his pencilwork is skilful indeed. ?-The Econo (The Econo)Remarkable, often brilliant. . . stuffed with acute philosophical observats. But no less fascinating is the portrait of the milieu in which Smith lived. . . . Phillipsons exposit of [Smiths] enlightened life can scarcely be bettered.-The Times (London) (The Times (London))[Nicholas Phillipson] tries, very successfully, to pull together the two Smiths, letting us see how the man of feeling became the little god of finance. . . making it plain that Smith was more moral-man than market-man.-Adam Gopnik,The New Yorker (Adam GopnikThe New Yorker 2010-10-18)One good reason to read Nicholas Phillipsons�excellent intellectual biography is to gain a more nuanced understanding of Smith and, in�particular, of his vis of an all-embracing science of man.�. . . When Phillipson discussesThe Wealth of Nats, its hard not to discern parallels between Smiths time and our own.-Michael Dirda,Washington Post (Michael DirdaWashington Post)This year, my favorite business book was Nicholas Phillipsons biography of Adam Smith. It showed that Smith is still the greatest econo of all time, wise about human nature, and that he understands the power of capitalism.-Tyler Cowen, NPRs Marketplace (Tyler CowenNPRs Marketplace)Named a Favorite Business Book of 2010 by James Pressley, Bloomberg BusinessWeek (James PressleyBloomberg Business Week)Named a Best Book of 2010 by the Atlantic (Atlantic Monthly)Named a Critics Favorite Book of 2010-The New Yorker (New Yorker)About the AuthorNicholas Phillipson is one of the leading scholars of the Scottish Enlightenment. An Honorary Research Fellow in History at the University of Edinburgh, he has held visiting appointments at Princeton, Yale, the Folger Library, and the Ludwigs-Maximilians-Universit�t. Gut, Festpreisangebot, Bestes Angebot, Edition Description: 1st, Binding: Hardcover, Publication Date: 05-10-2010, Sprache: English, Publication Year: 05-10-2010, Country of Origin: USA, United States, Manufacturer/Packer/Importer Details: ERGODE, Net Quantity/Number of Units: 1, Dimensions (LxWxH) - Inches: 1.4X9.3X6.2, ISBN-10: 0300169272, ISBN-13: 9780300169270, SKU: SONG0300169272, Buchtitel: Adam Smith: An Enlightened Life (The Lewis Walpole Series in Eigh.