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With me poetry has been not a purpose, but a passion; and the passions should be held in reverence: they must not — they cannot at will be excited, with an eye to the paltry compensations, or the more paltry commendations, of mankind.
Adam Smith
Born: June 16, 1723
Died: July 17, 1790 (aged 67)
Bio: Adam Smith was a Scottish moral philosopher, pioneer of political economy, and a key figure in the Scottish Enlightenment.
Known for:
- The Wealth of Nations (1776)
- The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759)
- Lectures on Jurisprudence
- Essays on Philosophical Subjects
- The Essential Adam Smith
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