《Lectures on Rhetoric and Belles Lettres》 was arranged by Adam Smith＇s later generation according to the relevant contents of his rhetoric and pure literature notes ,which was one of the concentrative displays of Smith＇s historical thoughts. He advocated ＂indirect narration＂ of historical writing , emphasized the reality of historical material and paid attention to grasping the contact of the historical events which occurred in sequence, the places, the cause and effect and so on. In addition, Smith also showed the greatest respect for the narrative methods of classical and early modern historians. These ideas constituted the important contents of Smith＇s historical thoughts.%《修辞学和纯文学演讲集》是亚当·斯密的后人根据其修辞学和纯文学讲稿的相关内容整理而成，是斯密思想的历史性的集中体现之一。他倡导历史写作中的间接叙述方法，强调历史素材的真实，注重把握历史事件在时序、发生地以及因果等方面的联系。此外，斯密还表现出对古典史家以及近代早期史家们的叙史方法的推崇。这些观点构成了斯密思想中史学意蕴的重要内容。
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