An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations. Adam Smith
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M. Garnier, Adam Smith
An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4057664177490
Table of Contents
LIFE AND WRITINGS
DR. ADAM SMITH
DOCTRINE OF SMITH, COMPARED WITH THAT OF THE FRENCH ECONOMISTS.
METHOD OF FACILITATING THE STUDY OF DR. SMITH'S WORK.
INQUIRY
WEALTH OF NATIONS.
CHAP. I.
CHAP. I.
CHAP. I.
SHORT ACCOUNT
OF THE
LIFE AND WRITINGS
OF
DR. ADAM SMITH
Adam Smith, the celebrated author of 'An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations,' was born in the town of Kirkaldy, on the 5th of June 1723. His father, at an early period of life, practised as a writer to the signet in Edinburgh, and officiated as private secretary to the Earl of Loudon, during the time his Lordship was principal secretary of state in Scotland, and keeper of the great seal; but afterwards settled at Kirkaldy, where, for some time before his death, he held the office of comptroller of the customs. He died a few months before the birth of his son.
The constitution of young Smith, during infancy, was so sickly as to require all the care and solicitude of his surviving parent, whose only child he was. The duty which thus devolved on his mother, it is allowed, she discharged in the most ample manner; and, indeed, carried her indulgence so far as to have drawn on herself, it has been said, some degree of blame. But it certainly does not appear that any bad consequences resulted, on this