Adam Smith (1723-1790)G.P. Putnam's sons, 1881 - 201 páginas |
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... mean degree of human felicity . From his ideal of life , political ambition and greatness were altogether excluded ; it was his creed that happiness was equal in every lot , and that contentment alone was necessary to ensure it . " What ...
... mean degree of human felicity . From his ideal of life , political ambition and greatness were altogether excluded ; it was his creed that happiness was equal in every lot , and that contentment alone was necessary to ensure it . " What ...
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... means an entire change of life , meant for him simply a change in the scene of his studies ; a transfer of them from one place to another . Lan- guages , literature , and history , could , he found , be studied as well at Kirkaldy as at ...
... means an entire change of life , meant for him simply a change in the scene of his studies ; a transfer of them from one place to another . Lan- guages , literature , and history , could , he found , be studied as well at Kirkaldy as at ...
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... means perfect approbation . reverse , Just as a man who admires the same poem or picture that I do , or laughs at the same joke , allows the justice of my admiration or mirth , so he , who enters into my resent- ment , and by bringing ...
... means perfect approbation . reverse , Just as a man who admires the same poem or picture that I do , or laughs at the same joke , allows the justice of my admiration or mirth , so he , who enters into my resent- ment , and by bringing ...
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... mean different things ? The answer is , that propriety of sentiment which , when displayed in the usual degree , meets with our approbation merely , calls for our admi- ration and becomes virtuous when it surprises us by an unusual ...
... mean different things ? The answer is , that propriety of sentiment which , when displayed in the usual degree , meets with our approbation merely , calls for our admi- ration and becomes virtuous when it surprises us by an unusual ...
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... mean or Meσóτns between two extremes of excess or defect . For in- stance , courage , according to Aristotle , lies in the mean state between the opposite vices of cowardice and rashness . Fruga- lity is a similar avoidance of both ...
... mean or Meσóτns between two extremes of excess or defect . For in- stance , courage , according to Aristotle , lies in the mean state between the opposite vices of cowardice and rashness . Fruga- lity is a similar avoidance of both ...
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