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Question: Does any on know the intellectual roots of Adam Smith!? who influenced his writing Democracy in America!?
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Well a person doesn't just come up with revolutionary ideas on his (or her) own!. Adam Smith lived through the Enlightenment in which many "traditional" ideas of absolutism were challenged!. He is a famous figure of the "Scottish Enlightenment" but France was the center of the Enlightenment (he visited France)!.

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John Locke was among hiis primary influences!.Www@QuestionHome@Com