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ADAM SMITH, THE GLASGOW EDITION OF THE WORKS AND
CORRESPONDENCE OF ADAM SMITH (1981-1987)
VOL. III: ESSAYS ON PHILOSOPHICAL SUBJECTS
Updated: April 7, 2004
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
z PREFACE
z KEY TO ABBREVIATIONS AND REFERENCES
z GENERAL INTRODUCTION
{ ENDNOTES
z THE HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY, THE HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT PHYSICS, THE
HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT LOGICS AND METAPHYSICS
z INTRODUCTION
{ THE HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY
{ THE HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT PHYSICS AND THE HISTORY OF THE
ANCIENT LOGICS AND METAPHYSICS
{ ENDNOTES
z BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE
{ NOTE ON THE TEXT
z THE PRINCIPLES WHICH LEAD AND DIRECT PHILOSOPHICAL ENQUIRIES;
ILLUSTRATED BY THE HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY
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{ ADVERTISEMENT BY THE EDITORS
ENDNOTE
{ THE HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY
ENDNOTES
SECTION I OF THE EFFECT OF UNEXPECTEDNESS, OR OF
SURPRISE
ENDNOTES
SECTION II OF WONDER, OR OF THE EFFECTS OF
NOVELTY
ENDNOTES
SECTION III OF THE ORIGIN OF PHILOSOPHY
ENDNOTES
SECTION IV THE HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY
ENDNOTES
z THE PRINCIPLES WHICH LEAD AND DIRECT PHILOSOPHICAL ENQUIRIES; ILLUSTRATED BY THE
HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT PHYSICS
{ ENDNOTES
z THE PRINCIPLES WHICH LEAD AND DIRECT PHILOSOPHICAL ENQUIRIES; ILLUSTRATED BY THE
HISTORY OF THE ANCIENT LOGICS AND METAPHYSICS
{ ENDNOTES
NOTES TO THE NOTES
z OF THE EXTERNAL SENSES
{ INTRODUCTION
{ OF THE EXTERNAL SENSES
OF THE SENSE OF TOUCHING
OF THE SENSE OF TASTING
OF THE SENSE OF SMELLING
OF THE SENSE OF HEARING
OF THE SENSE OF SEEING
{ ENDNOTES
z OF THE NATURE OF THAT IMITATION WHICH TAKES PLACE IN WHAT ARE CALLED THE
IMITATIVE ARTS/OF THE AFFINITY BETWEEN MUSIC, DANCING, AND POETRY
{ INTRODUCTION
{ OF THE NATURE OF THAT IMITATION WHICH TAKES PLACE IN WHAT ARE CALLED THE
IMITATIVE ARTS PART I
{ PART II
{ PART III
{ OF THE AFFINITY BETWEEN MUSIC, DANCING, AND POETRY
{ ENDNOTES
z OF THE AFFINITY BETWEEN CERTAIN ENGLISH AND ITALIAN VERSES
{ INTRODUCTION
{ ENDNOTES
z OF THE AFFINITY BETWEEN CERTAIN ENGLISH AND ITALIAN VERSES
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{ ENDNOTES
z CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE EDINBURGH REVIEW OF 1755–56 REVIEW OF JOHNSON’S
DICTIONARY A LETTER TO THE AUTHORS OF THE EDINBURGH REVIEW
{ INTRODUCTION
{ REVIEW OF JOHNSON’S DICTIONARY
BUT CONJUNCT. [BUZE, BUZAN, SAXON.]
HUMOUR. N. S. [HUMEUR, FRENCH; HUMOR, LATIN.]
{ LETTER TO THE EDINBURGH REVIEW
A LETTER TO THE AUTHORS OF THE EDINBURGH REVIEW.
{ APPENDIX: PASSAGES QUOTED FROM ROUSSEAU
{ ENDNOTES
z PREFACE AND DEDICATION TO WILLIAM HAMILTON’S POEMS ON SEVERAL
OCCASIONS
{ INTRODUCTION
{ PREFACE TO WILLIAM HAMILTON’S POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS
(1748)
{ DEDICATION TO WILLIAM HAMILTON’S POEMS ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS
(1758)
{ ENDNOTES
z DUGALD STEWART: ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS OF ADAM SMITH, LL.D.
{ INTRODUCTION
z 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]
{ SECTION I FROM MR SMITH’S BIRTH TILL THE PUBLICATION OF THE
THEORY OF MORAL SENTIMENTS
{ SECTION II OF THE THEORY OF MORAL SENTIMENTS, AND THE
DISSERTATION ON THE ORIGIN OF LANGUAGES
{ SECTION III FROM THE PUBLICATION OF THE THEORY OF MORAL
SENTIMENTS, TILL THAT OF THE WEALTH OF NATIONS
{ SECTION IV OF THE INQUIRY INTO THE NATURE AND CAUSES OF THE
WEALTH OF NATIONS
{ SECTION V CONCLUSION OF THE NARRATIVE
{ NOTES TO THE LIFE OF ADAM SMITH, LL.D.
NOTE (A.), P. 270
NOTE (B.), P. 271
NOTE (C.), P. 290
NOTE (D.), P. 292
NOTE (E.), P. 302
NOTE (F.), P. 303
NOTE (G.), P. 309
NOTE (H.), P. 320
NOTE (I.), P. 321
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NOTE (J.), P. 323
NOTE (K.), P. 326
{ ENDNOTES
NOTES TO THE NOTES