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This book is divided into ""an examination of the several ways of communicating our thoughts by speech"" and ""an attention to the principles of those literary compositions which contribute to persuasion or entertainment"". The species of communication discussed include descriptive and narrative (or historical) composition, poetry, demonstrative oratory, panegyric, didactic or scientific language, deliberative oratory, and judicial or forensic oratory. The subjects addressed in his teachings include the style and genius of some of the best of the ancient writers and poets, especially the historians and the English classics.

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Author:   ADAM SMITH ,  J. C. Bryce
Publisher:   Liberty Fund Inc
Imprint:   Liberty Fund Inc
Dimensions:   Width: 23.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 15.50cm
Weight:   0.481kg
ISBN:  

9780865970526

ISBN 10:   0865970521
Pages:   291
Publication Date:   01 January 1985
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Undergraduate ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Book
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Adam Smith was born in a small village in Kirkcaldy, Scotland in 1723. He entered the University of Glasgow at age fourteen, and later attended Balliol College at Oxford. After lecturing for a period, he held several teaching positions at Glasgow University. His greatest achievement was writing The Wealth of Nations (1776), a five-book series that sought to expose the true causes of prosperity, and installed him as the father of contemporary economic thought. He died in Edinburgh on July 19, 1790.

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