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The life of Adam Smith /

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This book examines the family circumstances, education, career, and social and intellectual code of Adam Smith, the Scottish moral philosopher, author of An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Ross, Ian Simpson
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1995.
Subjects:
Smith, Adam, > 1723-1790.
Smith, Adam, > 1723-1790
Smith, Adam, > (1723-1790) > Biographies.
Economists > Great Britain > Biography.
Ethics.
Ethics
Économistes > Grande-Bretagne > Biographies.
Morale.
ethics (philosophy)
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Economics > General.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Reference.
Economists
Great Britain
Electronic books.
Biography
collective biographies.
Biographies
Biografieën (vorm)
Biographies.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Kirkcaldy
  • Boyhood
  • Glasgow
  • The never to be forgotten Hutcheson
  • Oxford
  • A respectable auditory
  • Lectures on the history of philosophy and law
  • Called to Glasgow University
  • Teacher
  • Publishing scholar and administrator
  • The making of The Theory of Moral Sentiments
  • Criticism of The Theory of Moral Sentiments
  • Travelling tutor
  • Inquirer into the Wealth of Nations
  • The American crisis and The Wealth of Nations
  • Euge! Belle! Dear Mr Smith
  • Dialogue with a dying man
  • Settlement in Edinburgh
  • Economic theorist as commissioner of customs
  • Literary pursuits
  • Times of hardship and distress
  • Legacy for legislators
  • Precariousness of this life
  • The great change.