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The Oll Blue Books THE OLL BLUE BOOKS Anthologies from the Online Library of Liberty <http://oll.libertyfund.org/collection/160> THE INTRODUCTIONS TO THE GLASGOW EDITION OF THE WORKS AND CORRESPONDENCE OF ADAM SMITH (1981-1987) <oll.libertyfund.org/title/2557> 1 THE OLL “BLUE BOOK” ANTHOLOGIES <http://oll.libertyfund.org/collection/160> THE ONLINE LIBRARY OF LIBERTY (OLL) is a project of Liberty Fund, Inc., a private educational foundation established in 1960 to encourage the study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals. The OLL website has a large collection of material about individual liberty, limited constitu- tional government, the free market, and peace. Texts are initially put online in a form which duplicates the way the books were originally published. They have been converted to electronic format but no change in the content has been made by the edi- tors. 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The cuneiform inscription that appears in the logo and serves as a design element in all Liberty Fund books and websites is the earliest-known written appearance of the word freedom or liberty (“am- agi” in Ancient Sumerian) It is taken from a clay document written about 2,300 B.C. in the Sumerian city- state of Lagash. To find out more about Liberty Fund, Inc. or the Online Library of Liberty Project, please contact the Director at <[email protected]> or visit our websites <www.libertyfund.org> and <oll.libertyfund.org>. LIBERTY FUND, INC. 8335 Allison Pointe Trail, Suite 300 Indianapolis, IIndiana 46250-1684 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction ...............................................................................................................7 About the “Glasgow Edition” of the Works of Adam Smith .................................................7 Copyright information:........................................................................................................... 7 Fair Use Statement: ................................................................................................................7 Bibilographical Information ...................................................................................................8 The Life and Work of Adam Smith (1723-1790) ......................................................9 Adam Smith (1723-1790) .......................................................................................................9 A Timeline of the Life and Work of Adam Smith (1723-1790) [DMH] .............................10 The Life and Works of Adam Smith [Mossner and Ross] ...................................................12 Dugald Stewart's “Account of the Life and Writings of Adam Smith, LL.D.” [January and March, 1793] ........................................................................................................................15 Introduction [I.S. Ross] ...............................................................................................................15 ACCOUNT of the LIFE AND WRITINGS of ADAM SMITH, LL.D. From the Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh [Read by Mr Stewart, January 21, and March 18, 1793] ...............18 SECTION I. From Mr Smith’s Birth till the publication of the Theory of Moral Sentiments .............18 Section II. Of the Theory of Moral Sentiments, and the Dissertation on the Origin of Languages ........23 Section III. From the Publication of The Theory of Moral Sentiments, till that of The Wealth of Na- tions ...........................................................................................................................................39 SECTION IV. Of the Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations* .......................44 SECTION V. Conclusion of the Narrative .....................................................................................54 Notes to the LIFE OF ADAM SMITH, LL.D. ............................................................................59 Endnotes ....................................................................................................................................74 Introduction to Vol. 1 The Theory of Moral Sentiments [D.D. Raphael and A.L. Macfie] .....................................................................................................................91 3 1. Formation of The Theory of Moral Sentiments .............................................................91 (a) Adam Smith’s lectures on ethics ................................................................................................91 (b) Influence of Stoic philosophy ...................................................................................................95 (c)Influence of contemporary thinkers .............................................................................................99 2. Evolution......................................................................................................................... 103 (a) Development between editions ................................................................................................103 (b) Relation of TMS to WN .....................................................................................................107 3. Reception........................................................................................................................ 111 (a) Early comment and foreign translations ...................................................................................111 (b) Select bibliography ................................................................................................................117 4. The Text .........................................................................................................................120 (a) Account of editions 1–7 ........................................................................................................120 (b) Editorial policy ....................................................................................................................130 Endnotes............................................................................................................................. 135 General Introduction to Vol. 2: The Wealth of Nations [R.H. Campbell and A.S Skinner] .................................................................................................................137 Scope and Method .............................................................................................................137 Social Theory .....................................................................................................................140 The Stages of Society .........................................................................................................146 Economic Theory and the Exchange Economy ................................................................152 The Role of the State .........................................................................................................162 The Institutional Relevance of the WN .............................................................................167 Smith’s use of History ........................................................................................................175 Endnotes............................................................................................................................. 183 Introductions to Volume III: Essays on Philosophical Subjects .............................190 4 1. General Introduction[1] [D.D. Raphael and A.S. Skinner] ...........................................190 I ..............................................................................................................................................190 II .............................................................................................................................................192 III ...........................................................................................................................................194 IV ............................................................................................................................................198 V .............................................................................................................................................201 Endnotes ..................................................................................................................................206 2. Introduction to Works edited and introduced by W.P.D. Wightman [Astronomy, Ancient Physics, etc]......................................................................................................................... 208 The History of Astronomy .........................................................................................................213
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