# Variety of Talents

## Definition

The natural differences in abilities and skills among individuals, which Smith argues are primarily the effect rather than the cause of the division of labour, as specialisation itself creates and amplifies differences in human capabilities.

## Source Chapter

Book I, Chapter 2

## Context

Smith argues that the remarkable difference of talents among men of different professions is not upon many occasions so much the cause as the effect of the division of labour, challenging the common assumption about the origin of human differences.

## Economic Domain

Production

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