Adam Smith (1723-1790)G.P. Putnam's sons, 1881 - 201 páginas |
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... the former , on account of the advantage that attends them , are to be admired and imitated , and the latter to be detested and avoided . " LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY CALIFORNIA CHAPTER I. HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION . To explain the origin of.
... the former , on account of the advantage that attends them , are to be admired and imitated , and the latter to be detested and avoided . " LIBRARY OF THE UNIVERSITY CALIFORNIA CHAPTER I. HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION . To explain the origin of.
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... admiration or mirth , so he , who enters into my resent- ment , and by bringing my injuries home to himself shares my feelings , cannot but thereby approve of them as just and proper . According as his sympathetic indignation fails to ...
... admiration or mirth , so he , who enters into my resent- ment , and by bringing my injuries home to himself shares my feelings , cannot but thereby approve of them as just and proper . According as his sympathetic indignation fails to ...
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... admiration , is the wonder and surprise we feel at witnessing a degree of self- command far above that usually met with among mankind . There are , however , several facts which modify our sense of the propriety or impropriety of ...
... admiration , is the wonder and surprise we feel at witnessing a degree of self- command far above that usually met with among mankind . There are , however , several facts which modify our sense of the propriety or impropriety of ...
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... Admiration is " approbation , heightened by wonder and surprise . " " Virtue is excellence , something uncommonly great and beautiful , which rises far above what is vulgar and ordinary . " There is no virtue in the ordinary display of ...
... Admiration is " approbation , heightened by wonder and surprise . " " Virtue is excellence , something uncommonly great and beautiful , which rises far above what is vulgar and ordinary . " There is no virtue in the ordinary display of ...
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... admiration we entertain for the characters of others , we come to desire to have similar sentiments entertained about our- selves , we should have no more satisfaction from a love or admiration bestowed on us undeservedly than a woman ...
... admiration we entertain for the characters of others , we come to desire to have similar sentiments entertained about our- selves , we should have no more satisfaction from a love or admiration bestowed on us undeservedly than a woman ...
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