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 Neighbours, and Afterwards of Themselves: To which is Added, a Dissertation on the Origin of LanguagesJ. Beatty and C. Jackson, 1777 - 426 páginas |
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... express with my grief could give me none , if it ferved only to enliven that grief . Sympathy , however , enlivens joy and alleviates grief . It en- . livens joy by presenting another fource of fatisfacti- on ; and it alleviates grief ...
... express with my grief could give me none , if it ferved only to enliven that grief . Sympathy , however , enlivens joy and alleviates grief . It en- . livens joy by presenting another fource of fatisfacti- on ; and it alleviates grief ...
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... express any strong degree of those paffions which arife from a certain fituation or difpofition of the body ; because the company , not being in the fame difpofition , cannot be expected to fympathize with them . Violent hunger , for ex ...
... express any strong degree of those paffions which arife from a certain fituation or difpofition of the body ; because the company , not being in the fame difpofition , cannot be expected to fympathize with them . Violent hunger , for ex ...
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... express with regard to him . Those sentiments , therefore , must necessa- rily produce their full effect upon him , and he cannot fail to conceive all the triumph of felf - approbation from , from , what appears to him , fuch merited ...
... express with regard to him . Those sentiments , therefore , must necessa- rily produce their full effect upon him , and he cannot fail to conceive all the triumph of felf - approbation from , from , what appears to him , fuch merited ...
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... express very strongly his forrow for the misfortune of that unhappy people , he would make many melancholy reflections upon the precariousness of human life , and the vanity of all the labours of man , which could thus be annihilated in ...
... express very strongly his forrow for the misfortune of that unhappy people , he would make many melancholy reflections upon the precariousness of human life , and the vanity of all the labours of man , which could thus be annihilated in ...
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... hear every body about us express the like deteftation against them . This ftill further con- firms , and even exafperates our natural sense of their deformity . It fatisfies us that we view them their Chap . 2 . 201 of DUTY .
... hear every body about us express the like deteftation against them . This ftill further con- firms , and even exafperates our natural sense of their deformity . It fatisfies us that we view them their Chap . 2 . 201 of DUTY .
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Términos y frases comunes
abfurd abſtract action affections againſt agreeable almoſt appear approbation arifes beauty becauſe behaviour breaft cafe cauſe character circumftances conduct confequences confider confiderable confifts contrary cuftom deferve defire degree difagreeable diftinguiſhed diſapprobation eaſily emotions Epicurus eſtabliſhed eſteem excite expreffion exprefs faid fame manner feel feems fenfe fenfible fentiments ferve fhould fion firft firſt fituation fociety fome meaſure fomething fometimes forrow fpecies fpectator ftill fubject fuch fufferer fufficient fuperior fuppofed furely fyftem fympathy gratitude greateſt happineſs higheſt himſelf human imagination impoffible intereft itſelf juft juftice laft language leaſt lefs mankind ment mifery mind moft moral moſt motives muft muſt natural neceffarily neceffary obferved occafion ourſelves paffions pain particular perfon philofophers pleaſed pleaſure poffible praiſe prepofitions principle proper object propriety puniſhment purpoſe reaſon refentment refpect regard rules ſeems ſenſe ſome ſtill thefe themſelves theſe thing thofe thoſe tion uſe verb virtue weakneſs whofe
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Página 242 - 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.
Página 361 - ... actions ; thirdly, we observe that his conduct has been agreeable to the general rules by which those two sympathies generally act ; and, last of all, when we consider such actions, as making a part of a system of behaviour which tends to promote the happiness either of the individual or of the society, they appear to derive a beauty from this utility, not unlike that which we ascribe to any well-contrived machine.
Página 203 - 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.
Página 4 - We sympathize even with the dead, and overlooking what is of real importance in their situation, that awful futurity which awaits them, we are chiefly affected by those circumstances which strike our senses, but can have no influence upon their happiness.
Página 421 - O how oft shall he On faith and changed Gods complain, and seas Rough with black winds, and storms Unwonted shall admire ! Who now enjoys thee credulous, all gold, Who always vacant, always amiable Hopes thee, of flattering gales Unmindful. Hapless they To whom thou untried seem'st fair. Me, in my vow'd Picture, the sacred wall declares to have hung My dank and dropping weeds To the stern God of sea.
Página 220 - The sum of the ten commandments is, To love the Lord our God with all our heart, with all our soul, with all our strength, and with all our mind ; and our neighbour as ourselves.
Página 363 - ... may be compared to the rules of grammar ; the rules of the other virtues to the rules which critics lay down for the attainment of what is sublime and elegant in composition.
Página 24 - We are disgusted with that clamorous grief which, without any delicacy, calls upon our compassion with sighs and tears and importunate lamentations. But we reverence that reserved, that silent and majestic sorrow, which discovers itself only in the swelling of the eyes, in the quivering of the lips and cheeks, and in the distant, but affecting coldness of the whole behaviour.
Página 179 - When I endeavour to examine my own conduct, when I endeavour to pass sentence upon it, and either to approve or condemn it, it is evident that, in all such cases, I divide myself...