# The sixth edition of The Theory of Moral Sentiments is published with substantial new parts

Date: 1790

## The fact

In 1790 the sixth edition of The Theory of Moral Sentiments appeared with substantial new parts, including an enlarged treatment of duty. It is a dated late book, not the 1759 first edition and not a 1976 critical machine. [Adam Smith](/people/adam-smith)’s documented role is: He revised TMS for a 1790 sixth edition, adding material on duty and the character of virtue. Strahan and Cadell printed; the new parts are his last moral-philosophy instrument. Do not twin this with the 1759 first TMS. Do not treat 1976 Liberty Fund as 1790 type. Later editors, printers, and excavators remain named where they appear. Adam Smith's documented role is: He revised TMS for a 1790 sixth edition, adding material on duty and the character of virtue. Strahan and Cadell printed; the new parts are his last moral-philosophy instrument.

## Context

Smith was dying in Edinburgh. Printers Strahan and Cadell, earlier edition patches, and later Glasgow Edition editors share the file. 1976 is refused as his act. The impartial-spectator row on 1759 remains a different instrument. Named others on the file: William Strahan, Thomas Cadell, and later editors share the sixth edition’s survival. The public setting is the file around 1790-01-01. Unnamed clerks, soldiers, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. Contribution type is direct. The instrument stays The sixth edition of The Theory of Moral Sentiments is published with substantial new parts. The setting of The sixth edition of The Theory of Moral Sentiments is published with substantial new parts is the public file around 1790-01-01. Shared offices, unnamed crews, printers, or later editors may appear without becoming this instrument. Contribution type is direct. Driver [social-cohesion](/drivers/social-cohesion) is attached because the significance names a mechanism from this act, not because a standing list needed coverage.

Later competitions, monuments, translations, UNESCO listings, museums, and adaptations are not converted into extra lifetime acts.

## Evidence and sources

Official: The Theory of Moral Sentiments — later public English (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67363; Project Gutenberg). Independent: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — TMS editions (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/smith-moral-political/; Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy). The two URLs are different pages. Where the carrier is a later edition or a received narrative, that limit is stated rather than upgraded to an autograph. Official carrier: The Theory of Moral Sentiments — later public English (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67363; Project Gutenberg). Independent carrier: Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy — TMS editions (https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/smith-moral-political/; Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy).

Official or archival record: The Theory of Moral Sentiments — later public English (https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67363; Project Gutenberg).

## Significance

Improving social-cohesion path: a last public enlargement of a moral-philosophy book. Direct on the 1790 text. Welfare reading improving. The attached mechanism is A dated late revision put an enlarged public ethics book into the year of his death, distinct from the 1759 first TMS. Lag to any modern indicator is not treated as zero. This path is attached because the mechanism is named from this act, not because a driver list needed coverage. The welfare reading on this path is improving.

Confidence is stated on the impact path, not hidden in adjectives. Do not twin this with the 1759 first TMS. Do not treat 1976 Liberty Fund as 1790 type. Mixed effects of The sixth edition of The Theory of Moral Sentiments is published with substantial new parts are separate paths.

## What is established and what is not

Established: 1790 sixth edition with new parts. Not established: that 1759 already contained those parts, or that Liberty Fund 1976 is this edition. Established: a sourced public record of The sixth edition of The Theory of Moral Sentiments is published with substantial new parts under 1790-01-01. Established: a sourced public record of The sixth edition of The Theory of Moral Sentiments is published with substantial new parts under 1790-01-01.

Shared responsibility is part of The sixth edition of The Theory of Moral Sentiments is published with substantial new parts. Naming Adam Smith does not delete co-authors, institutions, or later transmitters. The lag from 1790-01-01 to any measured indicator is not treated as zero. Alternative explanations — weather, other armies, later statutes, or independent cultural change — remain live where the sources do not close them.

The contribution type is direct. The attached driver is social-cohesion. The welfare reading used in this dossier is improving. That reading is an impact-path choice, not a property stored on the Fact itself.

If a number is not in the two records named above, it is not supplied here.

## People

- Adam Smith: https://factrail.ai/people/adam-smith

## Drivers

- Social Cohesion: https://factrail.ai/drivers/social-cohesion

## Sources

- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67363
- https://plato.stanford.edu/entries/smith-moral-political/

## Methodology

https://factrail.ai/methodology

Canonical: https://factrail.ai/facts/asm-tms-sixth-1790