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The Infidel and the Professor
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The Infidel and the Professor

David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship That Shaped Modern Thought

by Dennis C. Rasmussen

Patrick Collison
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Recommended by Patrick Collison

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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Finance, and Politics.

The story of the greatest of all philosophical friendshipsand how it influenced modern thoughtDavid Hume is arguably the most important philosopher ever to have written in English, but during his lifetime he was attacked as "the Great Infidel" for his religious skepticism and deemed unfit to teach the young. In contrast, Adam Smith, now hailed as...

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