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Author’s note: the excerpt below is from the conclusion of my revised paper “Adam Smith in the City of Lights“. Oct. 27, 1766. The Duke of Buccleuch, I’m told, is arrived. He [Henry] and Lady Frances are all she [Lady Dalkeith] has … Continue reading →

(Author’s note: below is Part 2 of 3 of my series of blog posts on Adam Smith’s third and last visit to Paris.) It is my misfortune to be under the necessity of acquainting you of the most terrible calamity that … Continue reading →

Note: my next few blog posts are from the third and last part of my revised paper “Adam Smith in the City of Lights”, which revisits Smith’s last days in Paris (October 1766). Below is an excerpt, where I describe … Continue reading →

(Author’s note: below is the last part of my series of blog posts on Adam Smith’s second visit to Paris.) Are these the words of a woman with a mere “schoolgirl crush on the Scot” (Leddy 2013, p. 11), or are they … Continue reading →

(Author’s note: below is Part 3 of my series of blog posts on Adam Smith’s second visit to Paris; footnotes are below the fold.) … Smith was there [in Paris] precisely at the peak of Physiocratic influence, 1766. (Young 2002, p. 10) … Continue reading →

Author’s note: below is Part 2 of my series of blog posts on Adam Smith’s second visit to Paris; footnotes are below the fold. (I discussed his first visit to Paris last week.) Voltaire had heard of him, David Hume … Continue reading →

Author’s note: the next part of my revised paper “Adam Smith in the City of Lights” revisits Smith’s return to Paris in 1766. Below is an excerpt, where I explains how Smith once again found himself in Paris in 1766: … Continue reading →

I will resume my “Smith in the City” series in my next post; in the meantime, below is Kid Travis’s version of “Better Now“: