================= HES POSTING ================= Adam Smith: "I have the same opinion of Sir James Stewarts Book that you have. Without once mentioning it, I flatter myself, that every false principle in it, will meet with a clear and distinct confutation in mine." (Smith letter to William Pulteney, Sept. 1772, p. 164 of Smith's Correspondence) Many close readers of Smith have received the impression that he was less than just in citing his sources; and that Smith's cleverness in this domain may have contributed to the impression that Smith is the founder of the discipline. Spencer Pack ============ FOOTER TO HES POSTING ============ For information, send the message "info HES" to [log in to unmask]