[[دوتنه:AdamSmith.jpg|بټنوک|آدم سمېت]]د هنرونو د سلطنتي ټولنې همکار ادم سمیت (۱۶ جون ۱۷۲۳ زکال تعمید غسل ورکړل شوی – ۱۷ جولای ۱۷۹۰ زکال) سکاټلنډي اقتصاد پوه او فیلسوف او د سکاټلنډ د روڼ آندۍ د دورې یو له مهمو څېرو څخه و. نوموړی چې «د اقتصاد پلار» او «د کپټلېزم پلار» په توګه پېژندل کېږي، ''د اخلاقي عواطفو د نظریې'' (۱۷۵۹ زکال) او ''د ملتونو د سرمایې د ماهیت او علتونو'' (۱۷۷۶ زکال) په نومونو یې دوه کلاسیک آثار لیکلي. یاد دویم اثر یې چې د ملتونو د سرمایې په اختصار یادول کېږي، د هغه تر ټولو لوی او د معاصر اقتصاد لومړی اثر ګڼل کېږي. هغه په خپل دغه اثر کې د مطلقې ګټې تیوري مطرح کړې ده. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/scottishhistory/enlightenment/features_enlightenment_enlightenment.shtml|title=BBC – History – Scottish History|website=www.bbc.co.uk|access-date=20 December 2019|archive-date=10 April 2001|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010410205432/https://www.bbc.co.uk/history/scottishhistory/enlightenment/features_enlightenment_enlightenment.shtml|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="AS1">*{{cite journal|last1=Brown|first1=Vivienne|date=5 December 2008|title=Mere Inventions of the Imagination': A Survey of Recent Literature on Adam Smith|url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/economics-and-philosophy/article/mere-inventions-of-the-imagination-a-survey-of-recent-literature-on-adam-smith/E82D64B07E411991C03510FC1BD3E040|journal=[[Cambridge University Press]]|volume=13|issue=2|pages=281–312|doi=10.1017/S0266267100004521|s2cid=145093382|access-date=20 July 2020|archive-date=21 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200721213848/https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/economics-and-philosophy/article/mere-inventions-of-the-imagination-a-survey-of-recent-literature-on-adam-smith/E82D64B07E411991C03510FC1BD3E040|url-status=live}}
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سمیت په ګلاسکو پوهنتون او د اکسفورډ په بالیول کالج کې د ټولنیزې فلسفې په څانګه کې زده کړې وکړې، هغه لومړنی محصل و چې د سکاټ جان سنیل د فیلوشف سکالرشیپ څخه په ګټنې یې په اکسفورډ زده کړې وکړې. له فراغت وروسته هغه په بریالي توب سره وکولای شول، په ادینبورګ پوهنتون کې یو لړ عمومي ویناوې وکړي، هغه ویناوې چې لامل وګرځېدې، د سکاټلنډ د روڼ آندۍ په دوره کې هغه د ډېوېډ هوم همکار کړي. سمیت په ګلاسکو پوهنتون کې د اخلاقو د فلسفې په تدریس سره د ښوونکي ځایګي ته ورسېد او دغه مهال یې د اخلاقي عواطفو د نظریې په نوم خپل اثر ولیکه. د ژوند په وروستیو کې هغه د لارښود ځایګي ته ورسېد او دغې چارې زمینه برابره کړه چې ټولې اروپا ته سفر وکړي او هلته یې د خپل مهال له نورو فکري رهبرانو سره ولیدل.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/s/adamsmith.html|title=Adam Smith: Biography on Undiscovered Scotland|website=www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk|access-date=30 July 2019|archive-date=22 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190722094727/https://www.undiscoveredscotland.co.uk/usbiography/s/adamsmith.html|url-status=live}}</ref>
