Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface: A Liberal Framework for Inspiring Magnanimity in the Modern Commercial World
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Montesquieu’s Moderate Liberalism and the Scottish Enlightenment
- 1 From High Society to High Finance: John Law’s System and the Spectre of Modern Despotism
- 2 ‘Real Wealth’ versus ‘Fictional Wealth’ in an Age of High Finance: Montesquieu, Hume and Smith
- 3 ‘Ancient Prudence’ versus ‘Modern Prudence’: Montesquieu’s Response to James Harrington
- 4 Montesquieu and Hume’s English and French Affinities
- 5 Liberty and Honour in Britain and France
- 6 Montesquieu’s Honour
- 7 A Liberal Art for the Commercial World: Adam Smith and Adam Ferguson
- Conclusion: Moderate Liberalism for a Commercial World in Transition
- Bibliography
- Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 06 March 2025
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface: A Liberal Framework for Inspiring Magnanimity in the Modern Commercial World
- Acknowledgements
- Introduction: Montesquieu’s Moderate Liberalism and the Scottish Enlightenment
- 1 From High Society to High Finance: John Law’s System and the Spectre of Modern Despotism
- 2 ‘Real Wealth’ versus ‘Fictional Wealth’ in an Age of High Finance: Montesquieu, Hume and Smith
- 3 ‘Ancient Prudence’ versus ‘Modern Prudence’: Montesquieu’s Response to James Harrington
- 4 Montesquieu and Hume’s English and French Affinities
- 5 Liberty and Honour in Britain and France
- 6 Montesquieu’s Honour
- 7 A Liberal Art for the Commercial World: Adam Smith and Adam Ferguson
- Conclusion: Moderate Liberalism for a Commercial World in Transition
- Bibliography
- Index
- Type
- Chapter
- Information
- Moderate Liberalism and the Scottish EnlightenmentMontesquieu, Hume, Smith and Ferguson, pp. i - ivPublisher: Edinburgh University PressPrint publication year: 2023