The Curious Task

Dennis Rasmussen — How Did A Friendship Shape Modern Thought?


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Alex Aragona speaks with Dennis Rasmussen as he traces the friendship between Adam Smith and David Hume, and how it helped shaped modern thought.

References from Episode 46 with Dennis Rasmussen:

  • You can purchase Dennis Rasmussen’s book, The Infidel and the Professor: David Hume, Adam Smith, and the Friendship That Shaped Modern Thought, on Amazon Canada at this link.
  • You can purchase David Hume’s book, A Treatise of Human Nature, on Amazon Canada at this link
  • You can read Adam Smith’s book, A Theory on Moral Sentiments, for free on the Online Library of Liberty at this link.
  • You can purchase David Hume’s book, Dialogue Concerning Natural Religion, on Amazon Canada at this link
  • You can read Adam Smith’s book, The Wealth of Nations, for free on The Library of Economics and Liberty here.
  • You can read David Hume’s essay, Of Refinement in the Arts, for free on The Liberty of Economics and Liberty at this link.
  • You can read Adam Smith’s publication of Letter from Adam Smith, L.L.D. to William Strahan for free on The Liberty of Economics and Liberty here.
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