The Origin of the Distinction of Ranks Or an Inquiry Into the Circumstances Which Give Rise to Influence and Authority in the Different Members of Society |
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| Author:
| Millar, John |
| Editor:
| Garrett, Aaron |
| Series title: | Natural Law and Enlightenment Classics Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-61487-832-2 |
| Publication Date: | Feb 2006 |
| Publisher: | Liberty Fund, Incorporated
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| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $24.00 |
Book Description:
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The Origin of the Distinction of Ranks is one of the major products of the Scottish Enlightenment and a masterpiece of jurisprudence and social theory. Drawing on Adam Smith's four-stages theory of history and the natural law's traditional division of domestic duties into those toward servants, children, and women, Millar provides a rich historical analysis of the ways in which progressive economic change transforms the nature of authority.
John Millar (1735-1801)...
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The Origin of the Distinction of Ranks is one of the major products of the Scottish Enlightenment and a masterpiece of jurisprudence and social theory. Drawing on Adam Smith's four-stages theory of history and the natural law's traditional division of domestic duties into those toward servants, children, and women, Millar provides a rich historical analysis of the ways in which progressive economic change transforms the nature of authority.
John Millar (1735-1801) attended Adam Smith's lectures at the University of Glasgow and later became a distinguished professor of law there.
Aaron Garrett is Associate Professor of Philosophy at Boston University.
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