----------------- HES POSTING ----------------- James Alvey's new book, Adam Smith: Optimist or Pessimist? (Ashgate, 2003) picks up this issue with regard to Adam Smith. The context for the discussion is how Greek and Roman slavery fit his teleological theory of history (if, indeed, it is teleological!). John Henry ------------ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ------------ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]