PREFACE -- Contents -- Key to Abbreviations and References -- I: INTRODUCTION -- 1 Smith's Intention -- 2 The Character of Smith's System -- II: METHOD AND MORALS -- 3 God and Nature -- 4 Utility versus Virtue -- 5 The Principle of Moral Impartiality -- 6 The Laws of Nature -- III: POLITICAL THEORIES -- 7 Social and Political Laws -- 8 The Historical Spiral -- 9 The Celestial Model -- IV: ECONOMIC THEORIES -- 10 The Moral Foundations of Economic Growth -- 11 The Political Economy of the Higher Virtues -- 12 The Principles of Economic Science -- 13 Smith's Contribution -- Appendix 1 The Depiction of Hume -- Appendix 2 Smith's Epistemology -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Z.