Toland and Adam Smith’s Posthumous Work

• Authors: Eric Schliesser
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

In this paper I offer a speculative answer to the question why Adam Smith, who burned nearly all of his papers, arranged for posthumous publication for a number of his essays. I rely on a number of hints in those essays and put them in the context of eighteenth century natural philosophy. I argue that those hints trace back to John Toland and Spinozism.

Keywords

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Adam Smith; John Toland; John Hutton; Spinozism; Extinction

• Publisher: Instytut Filozofii - Uniwersytet Jagielloński
• Journal: Diametros
• Year: 2014
• Issue: 40
• Pages: 115-125

Contributors

author

Eric Schliesser

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