Abstract

INDAVERA, Leandro. Rousseau, Smith and the Rude Forests of Nature. Rev. latinoam. filos. [online]. 2014, vol.40, n.2, pp.241-249. ISSN 1852-7353.

Some authors have contended that it is possible that Smith is answering Rousseau in The Theory of Moral Sentiments (TMS). This hypothesis is based on a similar phraseology used both by Smith and by Rousseau in the Discourse on the Origin of Inequality. In this note, a clear distinction will be made. In the aforementioned works, Rousseau and Smith refer to different periods of time, in spite of the similar phraseology used in relation to "the rude forests of nature".

Keywords : Rousseau; Smith; TSM; Rousseau; Smith; TMS.

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