Enlightenment?

What is the Enlightenment? What basic tenets (principles) of the Enlightenment are found in the writings of Adam Smith? What does he mean by the term invisible hand? What is “Mercantilism” and how can Smith be seen as an anti-mercantilist, laissez-faire economist?

Anonymous2015-03-22T15:19:53Z

It's a Moral-Philosophy, defining what kind of society, what kind of individuals we are.

The rest is explained in here:

http://www.acton.org/pub/religion-liberty/volume-9-number-4/adam-smith-and-virtues-enlightenment