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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... produce that itching or uneasy sensation complained of . Men of the most robuft make , ob- serve that in looking upon fore eyes they often feel a very fenfible foreness in their own , which proceeds B 2 from 1 from the fame reason ...
... produce that itching or uneasy sensation complained of . Men of the most robuft make , ob- serve that in looking upon fore eyes they often feel a very fenfible foreness in their own , which proceeds B 2 from 1 from the fame reason ...
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... produced upon them , our own confciouf- nefs of that change , from our putting ourselves in their fituation , and from our lodging , if I may be allowed to fay fo , our own living fouls in their inani- mated bodies , and thence ...
... produced upon them , our own confciouf- nefs of that change , from our putting ourselves in their fituation , and from our lodging , if I may be allowed to fay fo , our own living fouls in their inani- mated bodies , and thence ...
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... produce no fuch violent effect upon us , we are shocked at his grief , and , because we cannot enter into it , cali it pufillanimity and weakness . It gives us the fpleen , on the other hand , to fee another too hap- Py py or too much ...
... produce no fuch violent effect upon us , we are shocked at his grief , and , because we cannot enter into it , cali it pufillanimity and weakness . It gives us the fpleen , on the other hand , to fee another too hap- Py py or too much ...
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... which gives occafion to it ; and fecondly , in relation to the end which it propofes , or the effect which it tends to produce . C In In the fuitableness or unfuitableness , in the pro- portion Sect . 1 . 17 Of PROPRIE T Y ,
... which gives occafion to it ; and fecondly , in relation to the end which it propofes , or the effect which it tends to produce . C In In the fuitableness or unfuitableness , in the pro- portion Sect . 1 . 17 Of PROPRIE T Y ,
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... produce , confifts the merit or demerit of the action , the qua- lities by which it is entitled to reward , or is deferv- ing of punishment . Philofophers have , of late years , confidered chiefly the tendency of affections , and have ...
... produce , confifts the merit or demerit of the action , the qua- lities by which it is entitled to reward , or is deferv- ing of punishment . Philofophers have , of late years , confidered chiefly the tendency of affections , and have ...
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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...