"This was the kind of capitalism that Adam Smith, the Scottish economist, had called for in his master work, The Wealth of Nations.... Smith said that if individuals were allowed to invest their own money for personal gain, the production of wealth would greatly increase (Biography, n.d.). ...

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How did the Enlightenment change basic Western attitudes toward reform, faith, and reason? What were the major formative influences on the philosophes? How important was Voltaire in the success of the Enlightenment? The Enlightenment altered the basic attitudes of the Western culture toward...

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