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The Wealth of Nations

In Our Time: Philosophy

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The Theory of Moral Sentiments

Many people who come to adam smith's vire, the wealth of nations, wonder what this book was about. Adams returns to that book at the very end of his life and decides not to carry out any of his unfinished projects which he was dedicated to. He burns all the notes to it, but he spends his time trying to make the theory of moral sentiments as good as he can before his death.

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