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The Infidel and the Professor David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship That Shaped Modern Thought

Dennis C. Rasmussen

The story of the greatest of all philosophical friendships―and how it influenced modern thought David Hume is widely regarded as the most important philosopher ever to write in English, but during his lifetime he was attacked as “the Great Infidel” for his skeptical religious views and deemed unfit...

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It discussed the important friendship between Adam Smith and David Hume and how that relationship influenced modern thought and the development of ideas around economics and philosophy. It was described as a recently published book.

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Dennis Rasmussen has published a book called The Infidel and the Professor. The subtitle is David Hume, Adam Smith and the Friendship That Shaped Modern Thought.

— Episode: 525. In Search of the Real Adam Smith

Episode: 525. In Search of the Real Adam Smith

It discussed the important friendship between Adam Smith and David Hume and how that relationship influenced modern thought and the development of ideas around economics and philosophy. It was described as a recently published book.

"

Dennis Rasmussen has published a book called The Infidel and the Professor. The subtitle is David Hume, Adam Smith and the Friendship That Shaped Modern Thought.

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