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How did Adam Smith's ideas influence the Enlightenment?

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Adam Smith was a Scottish philosopher who became a political economist in the midst of the Scottish Enlightenment. He is best known for "The Theory of Moral Sentiments and "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations"

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Adam Smith was a Scottish philosopher who became a political economist in the midst of the Scottish Enlightenment. He is best known for "The Theory of Moral Sentiments" (1759) and "An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations" (1776).

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