Who Decides What Is Truth and Adam Smith Wealth of Nations
Who gets to decide the truth, essay, beautiful thoughts and beautiful writing— not that I agree with all of it but it is very interesting
https://reason.com/2021/07/24/who-gets-to-decide-the-truth/
Adam Smith ‘s 1776 “The Wealth of Nations” Summary, foundation of capitalism
https://www.gradesaver.com/the-wealth-of-nations/study-guide/summary
John Locke’s Philosophy
In the Two Treatises of Government, he defended the claim that men are by nature free and equal against claims that God had made all people naturally subject to a monarch. He argued that people have rights, such as the right to life, liberty, and property, that have a foundation independent of the laws of any particular society. Locke used the claim that men are naturally free and equal as part of the justification for understanding legitimate political government as the result of a social contract where people in the state of nature conditionally transfer some of their rights to the government in order to better ensure the stable, comfortable enjoyment of their lives, liberty, and property.
https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/locke-political/
Adam Smith: Can a material object have a soul? Recognizes that God has the power to give soul to a material object but concludes that material objects do not have soul.
Reminds me of Physicist Stephen Hawking’s conclusion that evolution cannot have created humans because humans have illogical likes, dislikes, charitable feelings and affection (empathy) for other humans.
Hawking other quotes:
https://www.azquotes.com/author/6401-Stephen_Hawking