Nick Phillipson on Adam Smith on What Human Beings Are Like
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The End of the Story
Smith encountered Rousseau and Mandeville at a very early stage. He didn't dispute that the effects of civilizing process are going to make us unrecognizable to ourselves, he says. Smith accused Rousseau of being better at feeling than reasoning. And I like to see his theory of moral sentiments as being a sustained reply.
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