在对西方市场经济这场伟大革命起重要催生作用的 18世纪英格兰启蒙运动中 ,亚当·斯密无疑是一位举足轻重的代表人物。几个世纪以来 ,作为古典经济学泰斗的斯密早已为人们所熟知 ,然而从他对“力图充斥着不和谐不一致表象的混沌世界中引入秩序”① 这项事业本身的挚爱这个意义 Adam Smith was undoubtedly a pivotal representative in the 18th century Enlightenment in England, which played an important role in giving birth to this great revolution in the market economy in the West. For centuries, Smith, a master of classical economics, has long been known. However, from his sense of love for this cause itself, “the introduction of order into a chaotic world that is fraught with dissonances and inconsistencies”