Adam Smith and the Classics: The Classical Heritage in Adam Smith's Thought

ISBN-13: 9780198296669 / Angielski / Twarda / 2002 / 256 str.

Gloria Vivenza

Opis

This book defines the relationship between the thought of Adam Smith and that of the ancients--Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, and the Stoics. Vivenza offers a complete survey of Smith's writings to illustrate how classical arguments shaped opinions and scholarship in the eighteenth century.

Recenzje

The book holds up well as an expert exercise in tracing sources, influence and filiation ... Vivenza's scholarly and carefully detailed account of the intricate weave of classical influences within Smith's thought is an achievement.

O autorze

Gloria Vivenza is Professor in the History of Economic Thought at the University of Verona. She has previously held the positions of Professor of Economic History at the University of Catania and Visiting Fellow at Cambridge University.