Adam Smith 1723-1790

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  • Birth

    School of Life Adam Smith The School of Life. “POLITICAL THEORY - Adam Smith.” YouTube, 26 Dec. 2014, www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejJRhn53X2M. ‌

  • The Theory of Moral Sentiments

    The first of Smith's most notable works, and, reportedly, his favorite. The Theory of Moral Sentiments main focus is the application or existence of sympathy and how it impacts the capitalist economic and cultural system. It is believed that this work was meant to provide a foundation upon which his later works should be interpreted. Smith, Adam. The Theory of Moral Sentiments. Clarendon, 1759. ‌

  • The Wealth of Nations

    Widely regarded as the most important and influential of Smith's work. The Wealth of Nations discuses that our economic system is built upon the act of using private vices for public benefit. Additionally, it discuses the supply and demand of labor as it relates to costs and wages. Smith, Adam. The Wealth of Nations. Ixia Press, 1776.

  • Death

    Two of Smith's most notorious works were published posthumously. The first being Essays on Philosophical Subjects and the second being Lectures on Justice, Police, Revenue, and Arms

  • Essays on Philosophical Subjects

    These works were taken to publish for Smith, postmortem, by Joseph Black and James Hutton, his literary executors. Smith, Adam. Essays on Philosophical Subjects by the Late Adam Smith, ... To Which Is Prefixed, an Account of the Life and Writings of the Author; by Dugald Stewart, ... Printed For The Editor Of The Collection Of English Classics, Sold By James Decker [London, 1799. ‌

  • Essays on Philosophical Subjects (Cont.)

    The main characteristic of this literary work is the idea of the invisible hand, or the idea that the things we do not understand are chalked up to the influence of some supernatural force.

  • Lectures on Justice, Police, Revenue, and Arms

    In this publication Smith presents the idea that the government of a civilized society has a duty to protect a person's rights granted to them, loosely, by natural law. Furthermore, he examines the relationship between that thought and the freedom of industry and commerce. Smith, Adam. Lectures on Justice, Police, Revenue and Arms. Oxford, 1896