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100 _aHanley, Ryan Patrick
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245 _aOur great purpose:
_bAdam Smith on living a better life
260 _bPrinceton University Press
_aNew Jersey
_c2019
300 _aviii, 156 p.
365 _aUSD
_b14.95
520 _aAdam 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
650 _aConduct of life
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