Age Of Enlightenment
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4 of 4🇺🇸Adam Smith
Economics
Enlightenment
"When the profits of trade happen to be greater than ordinary, over-trading becomes a general error both among great and small dealers."
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🇪🇸Joxe Azurmendi
Literature
continental philosophy
1941–2025
"The Basques are Argonauts with very fragile ships."
2 quotes
🇮🇪Francis Hutcheson (philosopher)
Philosophy
Enlightenment
1694–1746
"Whoever voluntarily undertakes the necessary office of rearing and educating, obtains the parental power without generation."
7 quotes

🇩🇪Max Horkheimer
Philosophy
Frankfurt School
1895–1973
"Answers determined by the social division of labor become truth as such."
59 quotes