The Infidel and the Professor: David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship That Shaped Modern Thought
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The Infidel and the Professor: David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship That Shaped Modern Thought
By (Author) Dennis C. Rasmussen
Princeton University Press
Princeton University Press
13th August 2019
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Social and political philosophy
Ethics and moral philosophy
Economic history
Biography: philosophy and social sciences
192
Physical Properties
Paperback
336
Width 133mm, Height 203mm
Description
The story of the greatest of all philosophical friendships-and how it influenced modern thought David Hume is arguably the most important philosopher ever to have written in English, but during his lifetime he was attacked as "the Great Infidel" for his religious skepticism and deemed unfit to teach the young. In contrast, Adam Smith, now hailed
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"Shortlisted for the 2018 Ralph Waldo Emerson Award, Phi Beta Kappa Society"
Author Bio
Dennis C. Rasmussen is professor of political science at Tufts University.
