The art of being in the eighteenth century: Adam Smith on fortune, luck, and trust

History of European Ideas 48 (1):33-44 (2022)
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ABSTRACT This article offers some reflections on the importance Adam Smith accorded to luck in The Wealth of Nations. While the place of moral luck in The Theory of Moral Sentiments has been the subject of some scholarly attention, this has not been the case for luck in his best-known work. It focuses on what Smith thought particularly striking about our estimation of our own good fortune and argues that it accentuated the need for trustworthiness and trusted friends.

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10.1080/01916599.2021.1950313

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