Some say he was absent-minded or even oblivious, but I rather like to think of it as frequent states of profound thought. The man I refer to is Adam Smith and after having read the assigned excerpts and a few other passages from his The Theory of Moral Sentiments and An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations I not only hold him in a new light, but I have arrived …showed first 75 words of 822 total…

…showed last 75 words of 822 total…some may disagree with what I say, which is perfectly reasonable, for this is only what I have gathered from my limited readings. This is only a taste, a theory upon one man’s thoughts. If you find yourself even the least bit interested, I implore you to further explore the reflections and writings of Adam Smith. Then you can decide for yourself whether Smith was a genius or he and I are both fools.