History 388: Great Personalities in History
“Adam Smith and the Philosophers”

Gregory S. Brown
895 – 4181; gbrown@unlv.edu
M, W, F 10;30 - 11:20; CBC C316

Denis Diderot, "Supplement to Bougainville's Voyage"

• Tahiti
  

• "natives" [sauvages]
  

• sexuality [bare breast]
  
  

• "religion ...holy orders" vs. "innocent pleasure"

• "contrary to nature" ..."contrary to reason" (169)

• "self-interest" [children]
  
  

• "Vain Cost is shunn'd ...They fight but for tehir Country's Sake, When Right or Liberty's at Stake"

• "Pride and Luxury decreate ...All Arts and Crafts neglected lie ..."
  
  

• "Hardened with Toils and Exercise/ They counted Ease itself a Vice ...They flew into a hollow Tree/ Blest with Content and Honesty"