The Passions and the Interests

Key Insight 1: The Demolition of Glory Paved the Way for "Interest"

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Key Insight 2: "Man as He Really Is": A Call for Realistic Governance

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Key Insight 3: The Principle of Countervailing Passions

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Key Insight 4: "Interest" as the Tamer: A Semantic Transformation

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Key Insight 5: Economic Predictability and Constancy as Social Assets

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Key Insight 6: Commerce as a "Doux" and "Innocent" Force

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Key Insight 7: Montesquieu's Vision: Commerce as a Check on Despotism

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Key Insight 8: Steuart's "Delicate Watch": The Economy Limits the Sovereign

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Key Insight 9: Millar's Mercantile Liberty: Collective Action Against Oppression

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Key Insight 10: Adam Smith's Ambivalence and the Collapse of the Vision

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Key Insight 11: The Unintended Reversal: How the Vision Went Wrong

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Key Insight 12: The Irony of Capitalism's Justification

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