NATURAL PROGRESS AND POLITICAL ACTION IN ADAM SMITH
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https://doi.org/10.11606/issn.1517-0128.v2i29p40-50Keywords:
A. Smith – J-J. Rousseau – natural progress – political action., A. Smith , J-J. Rousseau , natural progress , political actionAbstract
This text retakes the questions proposed by Maria das Graças de Souza concerning Jean-Jacques Rousseau and try to verify whether they apply or not to Adam Smith’s thought. According to the author, in Rousseau's thought there are two conceptions of historical time: one of them as determination (i.e., as decline); and the other as “opportune occasion”, i.e. the moment of political action. In Adam Smith, on the other hand, history does not appear as decline, but rather as a “natural progress”, and thus as determination. We try to show, however, that the author also sees the need for political action, albeit with many restrictions.
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