The Theory of Moral Sentiments; Or, An Essay Towards an Analysis of the Principles by which Men Naturally Judge Concerning the Conduct and Character, First of Their Neighbors, and Afterwards of Themselves |
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... person who con- fers the benefit , there is little fympathy with the gratitude of him who receives it : and that , on the contrary , where there is no dif approbation of the motives of the perfon whe does the mifchief , there is no fort ...
... person who con- fers the benefit , there is little fympathy with the gratitude of him who receives it : and that , on the contrary , where there is no dif approbation of the motives of the perfon whe does the mifchief , there is no fort ...
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... person , and it is by the imagination only that we can form any conception of what are his fenfations . Nei- ther can that faculty help us to this any other way , than by reprefenting to us what would be our own , if we were in his cafe ...
... person , and it is by the imagination only that we can form any conception of what are his fenfations . Nei- ther can that faculty help us to this any other way , than by reprefenting to us what would be our own , if we were in his cafe ...
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... person , we na- turally shrink and draw back our own leg or our own arm ; and when it does fall , we feel it in some measure , and are hurt by it as well as the fufferer . The mob , when they are gazing at a dancer on the flack rope ...
... person , we na- turally shrink and draw back our own leg or our own arm ; and when it does fall , we feel it in some measure , and are hurt by it as well as the fufferer . The mob , when they are gazing at a dancer on the flack rope ...
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... person principally concerned , an analogous emotion fprings up , at the thought of his fituation , in the breast of every attentive fpectator . Our joy for the deliverance of thofe heroes of tra- gedy or romance who intereft us , is as ...
... person principally concerned , an analogous emotion fprings up , at the thought of his fituation , in the breast of every attentive fpectator . Our joy for the deliverance of thofe heroes of tra- gedy or romance who intereft us , is as ...
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... person for whom we are concerned , and whofe interefts are oppofite to his . The general idea of good or bad fortune , therefore , creates fome con- cern for the perfon who has met with it , but the general idea of provocation excites ...
... person for whom we are concerned , and whofe interefts are oppofite to his . The general idea of good or bad fortune , therefore , creates fome con- cern for the perfon who has met with it , but the general idea of provocation excites ...
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abſtract actions affections againſt agreeable almoſt appear approbation arifes averfion becauſe behaviour breaft cafe cauſe circumftances conduct confequence confider confiderable confifts contrary cuftom deferve defire degree difagreeable diſapprobation eaſe eaſily endeavour Epicurus eſtabliſhed eſteem excite expreffions exprefs faid fame manner feel feems felves fenfe fenfible fenti fentiments ferve fhould fion firft firſt fituation fociety fome meaſure fomething fometimes forrow fpecies fpectator ftill fubftantive fubject fuch fufferer fuperior fuppofe fure fyftem fympathy gratitude greateſt happineſs higheſt himſelf human imagination intereft itſelf juft juftice juſt laft language leaſt lefs mankind ment mind moft moſt motives muft muſt natural neceffarily neceffary neral obferved object occafions ourſelves paffions pain particular perfon philofophers pleaſed pleaſure poffible praiſe prepofitions principle proper propriety puniſhment purpoſe racter reaſon refentment regard reſpect rules ſeems ſenſe ſome thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion turally uſe verb virtue weakneſs whofe whoſe
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Page 274 - They are led by an invisible hand to make nearly the same distribution of the necessaries of life which would have been made had the earth been divided into equal portions among all its inhabitants; and thus, without intending it, without knowing it, advance the interest of the society, and afford means to the multiplication of the species.
Page 434 - I shall in another discourse endeavour to give an account of the general principles of law and government and of the different revolutions they have undergone in the different ages and periods of society...
Page 229 - THE regard to those general rules of conduct is what is properly called a sense of duty, a principle of the greatest consequence in human life, and the only principle by which the bulk of mankind are capable of directing their actions.
Page 273 - ... all the different baubles and trinkets which are employed in the economy of greatness ; all of whom thus derive from his luxury and caprice that share of the necessaries of life which they would in vain have expected from his humanity or his justice.
Page 28 - As they are constantly considering what they themselves would feel if they actually were the sufferers, so he is constantly led to imagine in what manner he would be affected if he was only one of the spectators of his own situation.
Page 410 - The other are loose, vague, and indeterminate, and present us rather with a general idea of the perfection we ought to aim at, than afford us any certain and infallible directions for acquiring it.
Page 30 - ... the great, the awful, and respectable, the virtues of self-denial, of self-government, of that command of the passions which subjects all the movements of our nature to what our own dignity and honour, and the propriety of our own conduct, require, take their origin from the other.
Page 9 - It is miserable, we think, to be deprived of the light of the sun ; to be shut out from life and conversation ; to be laid in the cold grave, a prey to corruption and the reptiles of the earth ; to be no more thought of in this world, but to be obliterated in a little time, from the affections, and almost from .the memory, of their dearest friends and relations.
Page 160 - Some other intercession, some other sacrifice, some other atonement, he imagines must be made for him, beyond what he himself is capable of making, before the purity of the divine justice can be reconciled to his manifold offences. The doctrines of revelation coincide in every respect with...
Page 85 - The rich man glories in his riches, because he feels that they naturally draw upon him the attention of the world...