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Introduction To Symposium: Smith At 300

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  • Duarte, Pedro Garcia
  • Hurtado, Jimena
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“I have not the least doubt of it for you have made it of bread and butter instead of tea,” said Mr. Damer when Adam Smith, whom he was visiting that morning, declared “it was the worst tea he had ever met with” (Rae 1895, p. 238). The year 2023 marks the 300th anniversary of Smith, this absent-minded and introverted thinker, who enjoyed long solitary walks by the seaside more than anything else, was a fervent admirer of Voltaire, and became a familiar figure for those who saw him walk every morning to work at the Custom House in Edinburgh, absorbed in conversation with himself “with a bunch of flowers in his left hand, and his cane, held by the middle, borne on his right shoulder” (Rae 1895, pp. 329–330). A loyal friend and poor correspondent, Smith left an indelible mark during his life as a remarkable thinker and author of renowned books, which would, as Adam Ferguson wrote to him in April 1776, “form the opinions, and I hope to govern at least the coming generations” (Smith 1987, hereinafter Corr., p. 193).

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  • Duarte, Pedro Garcia & Hurtado, Jimena, 2023. "Introduction To Symposium: Smith At 300," Journal of the History of Economic Thought, Cambridge University Press, vol. 45(2), pages 179-181, June.
  • Handle: RePEc:cup:jhisec:v:45:y:2023:i:2:p:179-181_1
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