I think this is a very important description of Adam Smith's early ideas:
"For Smith a love of system - in speech and manners, in the management of domestic, business, and public affairs, in the arts and sciences - was one of mankind's primary characteristics, an aesthetic sentiment that had its roots in the imagination and our natural desire to understand and improve the world."
Phillipson, Nicholas, 2010. Adam Smith: An Enlightened Life. 1st Ed. Yale University Press.
The interplay between system and imagination, what a brilliant concept worthy of thought and reflection!
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