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Adam Smith

Chapter 15: INDEX
By Francis W. Hirst
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The biography traces Adam Smith's upbringing and education, his academic career and continental travels, and the composition and publication of his major works in moral philosophy and political economy. It examines his public lectures on justice and administration, analyzes the arguments and reception of his ethical and economic theories, explores his views on commerce and institutional arrangements, and concludes with his later years alongside critical assessments and contemporary responses.

INDEX

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

A
Alembert, 132, 139.
American colonies, 163, 176-9.
Aristotle, 6, 24-6, 37, 53, 74, 194.
Armaments, 172-4.
Astronomy, History of, 16-18.
B
Bacon, 5, 74 n., 118-19.
Bagehot (quoted), 204.
Balliol College, 9-12.
Banks (in Scotland), 101.
Beauclerk, 160-1.
Bee, The, 21.
Bentham, Jeremy, 12, 184, 216;
his Defence of Usury, 231-2.
Black, Joseph, 83, 96-7, 99, 208, 231, 233.
Bordeaux, 123, 141.
Boswell, James, 19, 161, 164.
Brougham, Lord, 14.
Buccleuch, Duke of, 111-14, 131, 135, 150, 153, 157, 163, 213.
Buchan, Lord, 21, 99.
Buckle, Henry Thomas, 63, 64.
Burke, Edmund, 20, 30, 47, 49, 67, 75, 112, 160-2, 171, 174, 221-3, 226, 235-6.
Butler, Bishop, 12, 51, 54.
C
Calas, Jean, the case of, 124-5.
Cannan, Edwin, 71, 78-9, 90 n., 169;
the Lectures, 182.
Carlyle, Dr. Alexander, 101, 104, 105, 151, 226.
Clubs—the Poker, 107-9;
the Literary, 160, 161, 212, 216;
the Oyster, 216-18, 230.
Cobden, Richard, 78, 175, 184, 189-91.
Cochrane, Andrew, 101-2.
Colbert, Abbé, 121-3.
Colliers, 76-7.
Colonies, 145-9, 175-80.
Condorcet, 133.
Cullen, Dr., 26-7, 157, 226.
Customs, 88 sqq., 196 sqq., 213-15.
D
Dalkeith House, 150-1.
Dalrymple, Sir John, 21, 95, 99, 101, 104-5, 216.
Degrees, medical, 157-60.
Descartes, 17, 55.
Douglas, David, 213, 234.
—— Jane, 213, 223, 229.
—— John, Bishop of Salisbury, 9, 160.
Drysdale, John, 3.
Dundas, Henry, 201, 228.
Dunlop, Alexander, 4.
E
Eden, William, 199, 201-20, 227, 237
Edinburgh, 4, 78, 100, 103, 105 sqq., 153, 206, 213 sqq.
Encyclopædia, the, 118-20.
England, wealth of, 139-42.
Enville, Duchess of, 128, 131.
Epictetus, 55, 56.
Excise, 88-91, 191 n.
Exports, theory of, 86 sqq., 190 sqq.
F
Ferguson, Adam, 128, 216.
Ferney, 127-8.
Foulis, Robert, printer, 21, 95, 97-9.
Fox, Charles James, 174, 212, 221-2.
France, 86-7, 118 sqq., 188, 235.
Franklin, Benjamin, 108, 161-2.
Free Trade, 88, 142, 176, 188 sqq.; (chapter x.), 220.
G
Garrick, David, 130, 160, 212.
Geneva, 126-8.
Gibbon, 12, 13, 131, 157, 160, 164, 212, 216, 229-31.
Gladstone, W. E., 165, 193.
Glasgow, 4-9, 11, 23, 27, 78, 95 sqq., 100-3, 222.
—— University of, 3-9, 94 sqq., 229.
Glassford, John, 101.
Grotius, 5, 71, 73, 92.
H
Hamilton of Bangour, 21.
Helvétius, 132.
Hobbes, Thomas, 36, 51, 71.
Holland, 90, 139, 172, 192.
Home, Henry (see Kames).
—— John, 103, 105.
Hume, David, 6, 11, 17, 20, 22, 26, 30, 36, 38, 43, 46 sqq., 51, 60 sqq., 73, 95, 96, 103, 106, 110-11, 113, 129, 130, 136-8, 150 sqq., 163-4, 181, 194, 205-11, 233, 235.
Hunter, Sir William, 157.
—— John, 227.
Hutcheson, Francis, 4, 5, 6, 7, 11, 30, 31, 36-8, 51, 57 n., 62, 64, 73, 97, 181, 229.
Hutton, Dr., 216, 217, 233.
I
Imitative Arts, 16, 17, 19-20, 33, 67.
Imports, theory of, 86 sqq., 192 sqq., 220.
Ireland, 200-3.
J
Jardine, George, 30-31.
Johnson, Samuel, 19, 109-10, 165.
Johnstone, William (see Pulteney).
Jurisprudence, 69-72, 78.
Justice, 68 sqq.
K
Kames, Lord, 18, 19, 77, 103.
Kant, 40, 58.
Kirkcaldy, 1-3, 16, 76, 150-6, 205 sqq.
Kraus, Christian Jakob, 185.
L
Labour, division of, 81, 194-5.
Languedoc, 124-6.
Law, international, 71, 92-3.
List, Friedrich, 185-6, 189, 196.
Locke, John, 5, 25, 73, 235-6.
Logan, John, 226.
Logic, chair of, 23, 30-3.
Logic and Metaphysics, History of, 18, 23-8, 31-3.
London, 78, 156 sqq., 227-8.
Lowe, Robert, 187.
M
Mackintosh, Sir James, 50, 132.
Malebranche, 25.
Malesherbes, 184.
Manchester School, 189-91.
Mandeville, 36-7, 53-4, 62.
Mathematics, 7, 8.
Maxims of Rochefoucauld, 54.
Mercantile system, 85-8, 197-8.
Metaphysics, 26, 32-3; see Logic.
Mill, John Stuart, 165, 186-7, 196.
Millar, Andrew (the publisher), 46-8, 138, 144.
—— John, 31, 33, 37, 68, 74, 99, 222.
Milton, 21, 36, 67, 184.
Mollien, Count, 143, 184-5.
Monopoly, 159, 220.
Montesquieu, 68, 73, 76, 215, 235.
Morals, Chair of, 26 sqq., 116-17.
Moral Sentiments, Theory of, 31, 37-9, 46 sqq., 232.
Morellet, 132, 142, 220.
N
Navigation Act, 4, 190-1.
Necker, 131-2.
Newton, Sir Isaac, 8, 17, 36, 235.
North, Lord, 199, 200, 212, 213.
O
Oswald, James, of Dunnikier, 3, 18, 22, 104.
Oxford, 9.
—— University of, 11-15.
P
Panmure House, 213-14.
Paris, 129 sqq., 136-9.
Peel, Sir Robert, 193.
Physics, History of Ancient, 18.
Pitt, the younger, 184, 188, 200, 222, 227.
Plato, 24-5, 37, 194.
Police, lectures on, 68-72, 78.
Pope, 13, 19, 56.
Population, 76.
Price, Dr. Richard, 161, 230.
Protection (see Free Trade).
Pulteney, Sir William, 19, 104, 154-5.
Q
Quesnai, 68, 71, 134-5, 142, 169.
R
Rae, John (quoted), 14, 28, 94, 101, 106, 111, 114, 129, 211, 212, 226 n., 228.
Raikes, Thomas, 228.
Ramsay, Allan, 105, 110.
—— John, of Ochtertyre, 38, 44, 96.
Religion, 183.
Review, Edinburgh, 109.
Revenue of France, 141-2.
Reynolds, Sir Joshua, 160.
Riccoboni, Madame, 130.
Richelieu, Duke of, 123, 127.
Rochefoucauld, 129, 131, 133.
Rockingham Ministry, 146-7.
Rogers, Dr. Charles (quoted), 155.
—— Samuel, 9, 127, 133, 230-1.
Rousseau, J. J., 65, 136-8, 150, 224, 235.
Ruskin, 183.
S
Saint-Fond, Faujas de, 127, 223-6.
Schmoller, Professor, 180.
Schools (public) in England, 12.
Scotland, 9-10, 139-41.
Scott, Sir Walter (quoted), 217.
Shaftesbury, 31, 36, 51.
Shelburne, Lord, 144, 148, 184, 188.
Simson, Robert, 4, 8, 96.
Smith, Adam (the elder), 2.
—— Margaret, 2, 8.
Snell Exhibition, 9, 10, 15.
Society, the Select, 105-7.
Spectator, Impartial, 56-60, 182.
Spain, 86, 87, 145, 175.
Stamp Act, 146, 147.
Stewart, Dugald (quoted), 2, 5, 13, 14, 21, 68, 102, 105, 131, 132, 139, 151, 214, 234.
—— Matthew, 7, 8.
Strahan, William, 61, 144, 164, 206 sqq., 226.
Strathendry, 2.
Sympathy, doctrine of, 57 sqq.
T
Taille, 142.
Tax, Land, 89, 142;
the French, 142.
Taxation, 88 sqq., 170-2, 176 sqq.
Theology, Natural, 7, 37.
Tocqueville, 125.
Tooke, Horne, 124.
Toulouse, 124-5, 144.
Townshend, Charles, 48-9, 104, 111-15, 135, 147-8.
Treaties, Commercial (with France), 200, 220, 227.
Turgot, 68, 71, 125, 126, 129, 132-4, 142, 184, 219, 235-6.
U
Union, Act of, 4, 36.
Uztariz (quoted), 90.
V
Vingtième, 142.
Voltaire, 20, 44, 48, 120, 125, 127, 128, 139, 224, 235.
W
Wages, 140.
Wakefield, E. G., 165-6.
Walpole, Sir Robert, 91.
War, 172-4.
Watt, James, 83, 96-7.
Wealth of Nations, 2, 12, 15, 22, 32, 33, 63, 69, 81 sqq., 139, 144, 156, 158, 161-2; (chapter ix.), 163 sqq., 213.
Wedderburn, Alexander, 19, 47, 109.
Wilberforce, William, 228-9.
Windham, William, 226.
Wordsworth, 20, 21.

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