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Nicholas Phillipson's Adam Smith: An Enlightened Life highlights Smith's intellectual journey, notably his impactful theories on social cooperation and economy, developed through his interactions with key figures such as David Hume and Francis Hutcheson during the Scottish Enlightenment. The biography details Smith's academic pursuits at Glasgow University and Oxford, leading to his influential works, The Theory of Moral Sentiments and The Wealth of Nations, which reshaped economics and social philosophy.