Adam Smith and the Classics

Adam Smith and the Classics analyses the influence of classical culture—-the work of Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, and the Stoics—-on Adam Smith''s thought. Vivenza bases her arguments on elements of Smith''s work that can be shown to be precise reflections of passages from the classical authors, and on Smith''s own acknowledgements that he was so influenced. The bulk of the classical nuances occur in...