MMW 14 Lecture 6: Jan 24 2019

• School: UCSD
• Department: Making of the Modern World
• Course: MMW 14
• Professor: Edmond Chang

Document Summary

Newton"s pursuit of absolute universal laws governing the universe. Hobbes, locke, and rousseau posting universal laws for society. Smith describing universal laws that governed society"s behavior. He thought that commerce was center to this. Wanted to explain every part of a person"s daily endeavour to making a living. Chair of moral philosophy at the university of glasgow. The university at the time was home to many great people, including the inventor of the steam engine. Not burdened by tradition, on the very cutting edge of thinking and tech. A product of the so called scottish enlightenment . The university of glasgow was one of the centers for this. Against religious dogma and committed to scientific reasoning and common sense. He was very well versed in a variety of subjects and could talk about anything from very practical things to the metaphysical. 1776 publication of an inquiry into the nature and causes of the wealth of nations.