Adam Smith (1723-1790)G.P. Putnam's sons, 1881 - 201 páginas |
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... beauty of diction , as in the case of Cicero , but to the variety of explanations of life and manners which embellish the book more than they illuminate the BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH . 17 theory . Yet , on the 16 ADAM SMITH .
... beauty of diction , as in the case of Cicero , but to the variety of explanations of life and manners which embellish the book more than they illuminate the BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH . 17 theory . Yet , on the 16 ADAM SMITH .
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... beauty . " Jouffroy , too , allows that the book is one of the most useful in moral science , because Adam Smith , " deceived as he undoubtedly was as to the principle of morality , " brought to light and analyzed so many of the facts ...
... beauty . " Jouffroy , too , allows that the book is one of the most useful in moral science , because Adam Smith , " deceived as he undoubtedly was as to the principle of morality , " brought to light and analyzed so many of the facts ...
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... beauty and harmony , our sympa- thetic sense , our sense of honour , of decency , and so forth . It was a primitive faculty of our nature , a factor incapable of resolution into simpler elements . It could not , for instance , be ...
... beauty and harmony , our sympa- thetic sense , our sense of honour , of decency , and so forth . It was a primitive faculty of our nature , a factor incapable of resolution into simpler elements . It could not , for instance , be ...
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... beauty of a plain , the great- ness of a mountain , the ornaments of a building , the expres- sion of a picture , the composition of a discourse , the conduct of a third person . . . all the general subjects of science and taste , are ...
... beauty of a plain , the great- ness of a mountain , the ornaments of a building , the expres- sion of a picture , the composition of a discourse , the conduct of a third person . . . all the general subjects of science and taste , are ...
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... beauty in all objects sub- mitted to our observation . The influence of custom on our ideas of beauty is very great . For whenever two objects have been seen in frequent conjunc- tion together , the imagination acquires a habit of ...
... beauty in all objects sub- mitted to our observation . The influence of custom on our ideas of beauty is very great . For whenever two objects have been seen in frequent conjunc- tion together , the imagination acquires a habit of ...
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