tegwick
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Restructure entity storage from per-chapter subdirectories to a flat
canonical set in output/entities/. Each entity exists as a single file;
duplicates across chapters are detected by slug collision and skipped
(first occurrence wins). Chapter views use {{ include }} transclusion
to reference shared entity files.
Add @{existing_entities} macro to extract-entities template so the LLM
knows which entities already exist and focuses on genuinely new ones.
Refactor _call_llm() from _execute_llm() for callers that handle their
own file I/O. 41 unique entities from 4 chapters (2 duplicates removed).
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Universal Opulence
Definition
The general material well-being that extends across all ranks of society, including the lowest, as a consequence of the division of labour and the resulting multiplication of production. Smith argues that through exchange, every workman can supply others abundantly with their specialised product and receive in return the products of others' specialisation, creating a "general plenty" that benefits even the poorest members of a civilised society.
Source Chapter
Book I, Chapter 1: "Of the Division of Labour"
Context
The concluding argument of the chapter. Smith illustrates universal opulence by examining the "accommodation of the most common artificer or daylabourer," showing that even a coarse woollen coat requires the cooperation of shepherds, wool-combers, dyers, weavers, merchants, sailors, and many others — a vast chain of interdependent labour that would be impossible without specialisation and exchange.
Economic Domain
Distribution
Smith's Original Wording
"It is the great multiplication of the productions of all the different arts, in consequence of the division of labour, which occasions, in a well-governed society, that universal opulence which extends itself to the lowest ranks of the people."