Pufendorf, Hume and Adam Smith: A Question of Influence

F. L. Holthoon ()
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F. L. Holthoon: University of Groningen

A chapter in Samuel Pufendorf and the Emergence of Economics as a Social Science, 2021, pp 61-79 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In what way did Pufendorf’s natural jurisprudence influence David Hume and Adam Smith? He had no direct influence on their work, but he provided them with a clear statement of conventional wisdom in politics and morality as represented by natural jurisprudence. Hume and Smith took natural jurisprudence as conventional wisdom and as the starting point of their innovations in economics.

Keywords: Natural law and jurisprudence; Direct and contextual influence; The character of Hume’s and Smith’s innovations; B11; B41; K10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-49791-0_3

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