The Wealth of Nations
In Our Time: Philosophy
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Certainly, What Is Remarkt?
John donald wench: Adam smith was a fatherless child. He went to the local grammar school, which is a two room building incacodi on the north bank of the fourth river. Does well in does well in that setting and enters one of the local universities at age 14 - glasgow rather than Edinburgh. But he's taken up by a very good er, thinker, and who becomes his teacher. And i'll say, you're the historian, but at the end of the eighteenth century, scotland was in a very strong position,. full of great intellectuals, great universities, industry going strongly. I'm just trying to make lad us a point before we
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