Screen LibraryOur great purpose : Adam Smith on living a better life /
"Adam Smith is best known today as the founder of modern economics, but he was also an uncommonly brilliant philosopher who was especially interested in the perennial question of how to live a good life. Our Great Purpose is a short and illuminating guide to Smith's incomparable wisdom on...
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Princeton University Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Princeton : |
| Publication Dates: | [2019] |
| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Summary: |
"Adam Smith is best known today as the founder of modern economics, but he was also an uncommonly brilliant philosopher who was especially interested in the perennial question of how to live a good life. Our Great Purpose is a short and illuminating guide to Smith's incomparable wisdom on how to live well, written by one of today's leading Smith scholars. In this inspiring and entertaining book, Ryan Patrick Hanley describes Smith's vision of "the excellent and praiseworthy character," and draws on the philosopher's writings to show how each of us can go about developing one. For Smith, an e Invaluable wisdom on living a good life from the founder of modern economics. |
| Carrier Form: | viii, 156 pages ; 21 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
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9780691179445 (hardcover : acid-free paper) : 0691179441 (hardcover : acid-free paper) |
| Index Number: | B1545 |
| CLC: | B848.4 |
| Call Number: | B848.4/H241-2 |
| Contents: | On self-interest -- On caring for others -- On acting for others -- On imagination -- On bettering our condition -- On miseries and disorders -- On the healthy mind -- On tranquility and pleasure -- On worshipping wealth -- On friendship -- On pleasure -- On hatred and anger -- On being loved -- On loving -- On flourishing -- On being lovely -- On seeing ourselves -- On dignity -- On equality -- On choice -- On self and others -- On perfection -- On wisdom and virtue -- On humility and beneficence -- On praise and praiseworthiness -- On Socrates -- On Jesus -- On Hume -- On God -- Epilogue: |