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		Essays on Philosophical Subjects
		By Adam Smith Edited by W. P. D. Wightman and J. C. Bryce
		Table of Contents Publication Date: August 1982 6 x 9. 391 pages. Introduction, index.

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Reflecting Adam Smith's wide learning and varied interests, these essays shed considerable light on his place in the Scottish Enlightenment. Included are histories of astronomy, ancient logic, and ancient physics; essays on the "imitative" arts and the affinity between music, dancing, and poetry; and a critical review of Samuel Johnson's famous Dictionary, which Smith originally published in the Edinburgh Review (1755-1756).