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The Practical Morality of Life : Adam Smith, George Anne Bellamy, and the Theatre.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Breashears, Caroline.
- Language:
- English
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (163 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Edinburgh : Edinburgh University Press, 2025.
- Summary:
- How a scandalous actress influenced one of the greatest philosophers of the eighteenth century.
- Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Timeline: Adam Smith and George Anne Bellamy in the Eighteenth Century
- Introduction Practical Morality in the Theatre of Life
- 1 Dramatic Acts: The Alston Street Playhouse and The Wealth of Nations
- 2 ‘I must surely stand acquitted’: The Impartial Spectator in Bellamy’s Apology
- 3 Seeing What Smith Saw: Moral Judgement in The Theory of Moral Sentiments
- 4 ‘Two different roads’: Ambition in a World of Temptation
- 5 Smith’s ‘Practical System of Morality’: The Character of Virtue in Context
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781399540698
- 1399540696
- OCLC:
- 1514618259
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