This volume brings to life Adam Smith's first years in the bustling Scottish seaport of Kirkcaldy. Readers can follow young Smith as a student, watch his thought develop as Professor of Moral Philosophy at Glasgow, and enjoy with him the company of David Hume, the Parisian literary salons, Samuel Johnson, Edmund Burke, Gibbon, and other intellectual giants of the era. This brief biography also include a summary of "The Wealth of Nations" and "The Theory of Moral Sentiments".