Table of Contents
List of Abbreviations iii
Acknowledgments iv
1 Smith and the Problem of Propriety 1
2 Smith and Propriety in the Classical Tradition 32
3 Rhetorical Propriety in Eighteenth Century Theories of Discourse 68
4 Propriety in Smith's Rhetoric Lectures 94
5 Propriety in The Theory of Moral Sentiments 143
6 Conclusions, Provocations 171
Smith and Rhetoric: A Critical Note on Sources and Scholarship 191
Notes 201
References 220
Index