Among the abundant literature devoted to Adam Smith's complete works, there has been a relative lack of interest in the Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres, especially from historians of economic thought. I want to show that this youth's work is essential in understanding Smith's conception...

A review essay on Phillipson's biography of Adam Smith.

Cet article vise à démontrer la richesse et l'originalité de l'analyse par Smith des effets déshumanisants de la division du travail. Nous soulignons tout d'abord comment Smith se réapproprie les débats de l'humanisme civique sur la corruption du caractère des individus dans les...

Recension critique de l'ouvrage de Jan Horst Keppler.

This article aims to show the originality and the richness of Smith’s analysis of the dehumanizing effects of the division of labour. First, I find out the origin of his analysis in the debates of civic humanism on the corruption of people’s character in commercial societies. Then I show...