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Gloria Vivenza's Adam Smith and the Classics examines how classical thinkers—Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, and the Stoics—shaped Adam Smith’s philosophical, moral, and economic ideas. Drawing on his full corpus (including lectures on jurisprudence and economic essays), Vivenza explores: Smith’s engagement with classical natural philosophy and ethics His use of classical sources in Theory of Moral Sentiments and lectures on jurisprudence The incorporation of classical insights in Smith’s understanding of value, the division of labor, and literary aesthetics A final chapter highlighting Stoicism's influence on Smith’s moral framework

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