Argumentative Essay: “A World of Ideas" by Lee A. Jacobus



Argumentative Essay: “A World of Ideas" by Lee A. Jacobus

Introduction to Book

The book “A World of Ideas" by Lee A. Jacobus is very informative, and presents students with insightful knowledge about popular theorists and thinkers of the world, for example Sigmund Feud on mind sciences, Niccolo Machiavelli on government, and Virginia on the scope of feminism. It is a one-stop platform where students learn about many thinkers through a single medium. This may be the students' only opportunity to encounter popular theorists and learn about their views on different subjects of interest.

Arguments on views of Adam Smith, Karl Marx and Andrew Carnegie on government

Smith's ideas were widely in demand, they were used by many Western thinkers- from the makers of the philosophy of utilitarianism of John Stuart Mill and Jeremy Bentham to the modern neo-liberals and the economic school from the Manchester middle of nineteenth century to the twentieth century Chicago (Smith, 1997). In addition, they played a crucial role in shaping economic and political views of the founding fathers of the United States (by a strange coincidence, their foundation coincided with the release of the main work of Scottish scientist). Economic freedom, according to Smith, is due, not only, to the dictates of the state, but due to excessive concentration of capital. Assuming self-interest the only manufacturer of the engine of the economy, Smith had in mind a reasonable demand, but not boundless greed inherent in monopolies (Smith, 1997). Adam Smith was not the first person, who devoted himself to economic theory, and many of his well-known ideas were not original, but it was the first who introduced the capacious and systematic theory of the economy, which has been infallible enough to serve as a basis for future progress ...