The Infidel and the Professor
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Author | : Dennis C. Rasmussen |
Publisher | : Princeton University Press |
Total Pages | : 332 |
Release | : 2019-06-04 |
ISBN-10 | : 9780691192284 |
ISBN-13 | : 0691192286 |
Rating | : 4/5 (84 Downloads) |
Book Synopsis The Infidel and the Professor by : Dennis C. Rasmussen
Book excerpt: Dearest friends -- The cheerful skeptic (1711-1749) -- Encountering Hume (1723-1749) -- A budding friendship (1750-1754) -- The historian and the Kirk (1754-1759) -- Theorizing the moral sentiments (1759) -- FĂȘted in France (1759-1766) -- Quarrel with a wild philosopher (1766-1767) -- Mortally sick at sea (1767-1775) -- Inquiring into the Wealth of Nations (1776) -- Dialoguing about natural religion (1776) -- A philosopher's death (1776) -- Ten times more abuse (1776-1777) -- Smith's final years in Edinburgh (1777-1790) -- Hume's My Own Life and Smith's Letter from Adam Smith, LL. D. to William Strahan, Esq