Life of Adam Smith
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Letters, university records and recollections of friends give John Rae the materials for a biography of Adam Smith that reaches beyond his published ideas. Rae follows Smith from his early years in Kirkcaldy through study at Glasgow and Oxford, lecturing in Edinburgh and teaching moral philosophy at Glasgow. Academic appointments sit alongside literary interests, friendships and encounters with the commercial life around him.
The account also follows Smith abroad as tutor to the Duke of Buccleuch. In the supplied passage, the duke recalls their lasting friendship, while other observers debate whether Smith's absent manner made him suited to the post. Rae compares these judgments rather than letting a familiar anecdote stand unchallenged. For readers interested in the person behind the economist, the book connects intellectual work with teaching, administration and the daily demands of companionship.
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