1751年，史密斯被任命为格拉斯哥大学的逻辑学教授，但第二年，他得以转职担任道德哲学教授。
（史密斯的其他知识分子包括塞缪尔·约翰逊，他是其俱乐部的成员；爱德华·吉本；本杰明·富兰克林，协助他为《国富论》进行研究。）
1759年，他的第一部主要著作《道德情操论》出版，使他名扬四海。
未完待续......一、philosophy 哲学 professor 教授
In 1751Smith was appointed professor of logic at Glasgow University, but the following year was able to switch over to the chair of moral philosophy.
二、maintained 保持 philosopher 哲学家
He contributed to The Edinburgh Review and was part of an intellectual circle that included the philosopher David Hume, withwhom he maintaineda lifelong friendship.
三、intellectual 智力的 Edward Gibbon 爱德华·吉本
(Smith's other intellectual associates included Samuel Johnson, of whose club he was a member; Edward Gibbon; and Benjamin Franklin, who assisted his research for The Wealth of Nations.)
四、publication 出版 major 专业
He became well known through the publication of his first major work, The Theory of Moral Sentiments, in 1759.
