Description
| Product ID: | 9780691192284 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Title: | The Infidel and the Professor |
| Subtitle: | David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship That Shaped Modern Thought |
| Authors: | Author: Dennis C. Rasmussen |
| Page Count: | 336 |
| Subjects: | Biography: historical, political and military, Biography: historical, political & military, Western philosophy: Enlightenment, Ethics and moral philosophy, Social and political philosophy, Economic history, Western philosophy: Enlightenment, Ethics & moral philosophy, Social & political philosophy, Economic history |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating The story of the greatest of all philosophical friendships-and how it influenced modern thoughtDavid 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 |
| Imprint Name: | Princeton University Press |
| Publisher Name: | Princeton University Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2019-06-04 |
