Essays on Philosophical SubjectsDugald Stewart, Adam Smith
Essays on Philosophical Subjects
by Dugald Stewart, Adam Smith · first published 1982
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Correct. It's also mentioned once in A Theory of Moral Sentiments, and in the posthumously published Essays on Philosophical Subjects, a book on astronomy. In both it's clear from context that the "invisible hand" is some unknown mechanism, and not an explanation, but a statement of ignorance. "The invisible hand of God" would be…
on “Adam Smith and Inequality (2014)” ↗…Sentiments is a 1759 book by Adam Smith.[1][2][3] It provided the ethical, philosophical, psychological, and methodological underpinnings to Smith's later works, including The Wealth of Nations (1776), Essays on Philosophical Subjects (1795), and Lectures on Justice, Police, Revenue, and Arms (1763) (first published in 1896).”
on “Adam Smith did not mean what he is often made to say (1998)” ↗