Description
Invaluable wisdom on living a good life from the founder of modern economics
Adam Smith is best known today as the founder of modern economics, but he was also an uncommonly brilliant philosopher who was especially interested in the perennial question of how to live a good life. Our Great Purpose is an illuminating guide to Smith's incomparable wisdom on how to live well, written by one of today's leading Smith scholars. Full of invaluable insights on topics ranging from happiness and moderation to love and friendship, Our Great Purpose enables modern readers to see Smith in an entirely new light-and along the way, learn what it truly means to possess an excellent character and lead a worthy life.Author: Ryan Patrick Hanley
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 06/15/2021
Pages: 176
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.31lbs
Size: 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.60d
ISBN13: 9780691216706
ISBN10: 0691216703
BISAC Categories:
- Philosophy | Ethics & Moral Philosophy
- Philosophy | Political
- Political Science | History & Theory | General
About the Author
Ryan Patrick Hanley is professor of political science at Boston College. His books include Adam Smith and the Character of Virtue and Adam Smith: His Life, Thought, and Legacy (Princeton).