Adam Smith
1723–1790
“Theory of Moral Sentiments — the impartial spectator inside each of us.”
The four dimensions in the 16-axis model where this thinker scores highest. People in this archetype tend to lean the same way.
- TETrust in Experience7 / 10
- CECommunal Embeddedness7 / 10
- POPractical Orientation7 / 10
- VAVital Affirmation6 / 10
The six thinkers whose 16-dimensional positions sit closest to this one. Useful as next-reading suggestions.
- Jeremy BenthamFORGE
The greatest happiness of the greatest number — pleasure calculus made law.
- Angela DavisFORGE
Abolition democracy. Prisons cannot be reformed; they must be abolished. Solidarity is action.
- Rosa LuxemburgFORGE
Spontaneity of the masses; socialism or barbarism.
- Chen DuxiuFORGE
Founder of Chinese Communism — New Youth's call to science and democracy.
- Francis HutchesonFORGE
Moral sense school — benevolence as the proper object of approval.
- Hannah ArendtFORGE
The banality of evil. Action and natality. The public realm is the space of appearance.
Side-by-side with other philosophers, dimension by dimension.
Short exercises in the same tradition as Adam Smith's thought. Each takes 5–25 minutes.
Three doors lead onward.
- 01 · QUIZThe InheritorFind your archetype — discover whether you'd argue with Adam Smith or alongside them.CONTINUE ▶
- 02 · COMPAREAdam Smith vs Jeremy BenthamOn Mull's map Jeremy Bentham sits closest. See where they agree and where they part.CONTINUE ▶
- 03 · DAILYToday's SparOne philosopher, one topic, five minutes. A new one drops every day.CONTINUE ▶