professor nicholas phillipson at the end of the book rights that -- i am quoting nicholas phillipson -- the greatest and most enduring long did -- monument to the intellectual culture of the scottish alignment. that is quite a statement. i will read it again. the greatest and most enduring monument to the intellectual culture of the scottish alignment. if you know something about the astonishing production of human knowledge in a whole range, virtually every area of human learning that went on in the scottish enlightened and locate that book is the greatest achievement, that is quite an important and strong statement. what i would like to say about that is nicholas phillipson's book shows it is not unfair to say the story of the scottish enlightenment actually parallels and reflects the story of adam smith himself. the story of the scottish enlightenment is a deep and profound sense the story of adam smith. given how profoundly our own world has in turn been shaped by the ideas that came out of the scottish unlike and i guess we can say smith's story is the story also of us. to under