The 250th-anniversary edition of the influential treatise on social responsibility that has shaped leaders from Bill Gates to Barack Obama
Best known for his revolutionary free-market economics treatise The Wealth of Nations , Adam Smith was first and foremost a moral philosopher. In his first book, The Theory of Moral Sentiments , he investigated the flip side of economic self-interest: the interest of the greater good. Smith's classic work advances ideas about conscience, moral judgment, and virtue that have taken on renewed importance in business and politics.
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亚当·斯密(1723-1790):生于苏格兰,青年时期就读于牛津大学。1751年至1764年在格斯哥大学任哲学教授期间,发表了他的第一部著作《道德情操论》,为他在学术界赢得了声誉。他发表于1776年的《论国民与国家的财富》使他终于享有荣誉和爱戴。他于1790年去逝。一生未娶,没有子女。
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在任何时候,如果我们无法控制自己的情绪,交际和谈话是帮助我们恢复平静的特效药,远远胜过其他一切手段。同时,交际和谈话也是心情平复和愉快的最好保护伞,对于自足和享受来讲,宁静的心情是不可或缺的。隐居和喜欢沉思的人,常一个人闷在家中,一味地回味自己的悲伤事或者生气事,就算他们比别人仁慈、宽容,还有高尚的荣誉感,但却很少能像普通世人那样具有平静的心情。
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