Literati is what Hume, Smith and their circle called themselves. A group of thinkers who met in eighteenth-century Edinburgh and changed how the world thought. None of them knew, at the time, what they were starting.
This is a series in progress, with new pieces added as the work develops.
Productive vs. Unproductive Labour
Labour that lasts versus labour that vanishes; not a moral judgement.
Mutual Sympathy And Social Bonds
Empathy, not reason or religion, is what binds society together.