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THE

WORKS

OF

ADAM SMITH, LL.D.

AND F.R.S. OF LONDON AND EDINBURGH :

ONE OF THE COMMISSIONERS OF HIS MAJESTY'S CUSTOMS

IN SCOTLAND ;

AND FORMERLY PROFESSOR OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY

IN THE UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW.

WITH AN ACCOUNT OF

HIS LIFE AND WRITINGS

BY DUGALD STEWART,
PROFESSOR OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY IN THE UNIVERSITY, AND
FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY, OF EDINBURGH,

&c. &c. &c.

IN FIVE VOLUMES.

VOL. V.

LONDON:

PRINTED FOR T. CADELL AND W. DAVIES; F. C. AND J. RIVINGTON; OTRIDGE

AND SON; F. WINGRAVE; LONGMAN, HURST, REES, ORME, AND BROWN;
JOHN RICHARDSON ; J. BOOKER; B. CROSBY ; E. JEFFERY ; W. STEWART ;
BLACK, PARRY, AND KINGSBURY ; S. BAGSTER; J. MAWMAN ; J. ASPERNE;
AND R. SCHOLEY : AND W. CREECH, AND BELL ANDERADFUTE, AT
EDINBURGN.

CONTENTS

OF

THE FIFTH VOLUME.

CONSIDERATIONS concerning the

Formation of Languages Page 1

ESSAYS ON PHILOSOPHICAL SUBJECTS, 49

O

The History of Astronomy

53

Sect. I. Of the Effects of Unexpectedness,

or of Surprise

58

Sect. II. Of Wonder, or the Effects of Novelty 65

Sect. III. Of the Origin of Philosophy

Sect. IV. The History of Astronomy

94

84

The Principles which lead and direct

Philosophical Enquiries, illustrated by

the History of the Ancient Physics 191

The Principles which lead and direct

Philosophical Enquiries, illustrated by

the History of Ancient Logics and

Metaphy
fies

216

of