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'L'abêtissement' de la plus grande partie du peuple' : une lecture du problème de la division chez Adam Smith

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  • Claude Gautier

    (TRIANGLE - Triangle : action, discours, pensée politique et économique - ENS de Lyon - École normale supérieure de Lyon - UL2 - Université Lumière - Lyon 2 - IEP Lyon - Sciences Po Lyon - Institut d'études politiques de Lyon - Université de Lyon - UJM - Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, ENS de Lyon - École normale supérieure de Lyon)

Abstract

Smith's analysis of the division of labor shows that it is possible to reconcile the seemingly contradictory discourses found in Books I and V of his Wealth of Nations. This coherence is to be found in the "principles of human nature" and engages his naturalism. From then on, his conception of the individual as an interdependent being appears in all its importance and makes it possible to requalify the nature of his "political liberalism."

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  • Claude Gautier, 2022. "'L'abêtissement' de la plus grande partie du peuple' : une lecture du problème de la division chez Adam Smith," Post-Print halshs-03759905, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:halshs-03759905
    DOI: 10.48611/ISBN.978-2-406-13308-7.P.0091
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