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Adam Smith (1723–90) was a polymath with several of his key concepts and theories either having modern counterparts and/or ‘enjoying’ empirical support. Smith wrote about the origin and proper use of language, grammar, the history of astronomy and ancient physics, moral philosophy, music, dance and poetry, and economics. Despite the very wide variety of topics there were, in my estimation, some common themes. One such theme is connections or interpersonal relations between and among people.
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Frantz, R. (2014). Adam Smith: Eighteenth-Century Polymath. In: Hardwick, D.F., Marsh, L. (eds) Propriety and Prosperity. Archival Insights into the Evolution of Economics. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137321053_5
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