This reissued biography of Adam Smith, first published in 1982, presents both an intellectual and personal portrait of the man. It is not intended as a full-scale scholarly biography burdened with heavy footnotes. Although written by two of the world's foremost authorities on Adam Smith, the book is intended as an accessible study of a great thinker and philosopher which will help to introduce the reader to both his ideas and his period.

R.H.Campbell, A.S. Skinner

Preface; Chapter 1 Kirkcaldy; Chapter 2 Smith as a Student; Chapter 3 Edinburgh; Chapter 4 The Move to Glasgow; Chapter 5 University Administration; Chapter 6 The City of Glasgow; Chapter 7 Lectures on Rhetoric and the Considerations Concerning the First Formation of Languages; Chapter 8 Early Writings; Chapter 9 The Theory of Moral Sentiments; Chapter 10 Lectures on Jurisprudence; Chapter 11 Tutor to the Duke of Buccleuch; Chapter 12 London and Kirkcaldy; Chapter 13 London, 1773-1776; Chapter 14 The Wealth of Nations; Chapter 15 The Death of Hume; Chapter 16 Commissioner of Customs; Chapter 17 Last Days;