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.J. Tourneisen, 1793 - 543 páginas |
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... the by - ftander always correspond to what , by bringing the cafe home to himself , he imagines fhould be the fenti- ments of the sufferer . Pity and compaffion are words appropriated to fignify our fellow 4 Part I. OF PROPRIETY .
... the by - ftander always correspond to what , by bringing the cafe home to himself , he imagines fhould be the fenti- ments of the sufferer . Pity and compaffion are words appropriated to fignify our fellow 4 Part I. OF PROPRIETY .
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... himself feems to be altogether incapable ; because , when we put our- selves in his case , that paffion arises in our breast from the imagination , though it does not in his from the reality . We blufh for the impudence and rudeness of ...
... himself feems to be altogether incapable ; because , when we put our- selves in his case , that paffion arises in our breast from the imagination , though it does not in his from the reality . We blufh for the impudence and rudeness of ...
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... himself . On the contrary , the mirth of the company is highly agree- able to him , and he regards this correspondence of their fentiments with his own as the greatest applause . Neither does his pleasure feem to arise altogether from ...
... himself . On the contrary , the mirth of the company is highly agree- able to him , and he regards this correspondence of their fentiments with his own as the greatest applause . Neither does his pleasure feem to arise altogether from ...
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... himself , what he feels feems to alleviate the weight of what they feel . Yet by relating their misfortunes they in fome mea- fure renew their grief . They awaken in their me- mory the remembrance of thofe circumstances which occafion ...
... himself , what he feels feems to alleviate the weight of what they feel . Yet by relating their misfortunes they in fome mea- fure renew their grief . They awaken in their me- mory the remembrance of thofe circumstances which occafion ...
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... himself , he finds that they do not coincide with what he feels , they neceffarily appear to him unjuft and improper , and unfuitable to the caufes which excite them . To approve of the paffions of another , there- fore , as fuitable to ...
... himself , he finds that they do not coincide with what he feels , they neceffarily appear to him unjuft and improper , and unfuitable to the caufes which excite them . To approve of the paffions of another , there- fore , as fuitable to ...
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actions admiration affection againſt agreeable almoſt altogether appear applauſe approve arifes ariſe averfion becauſe behaviour beſtowed breaſt cafe caſe cauſe circumftances conduct confequences confider confiderable confifts contempt contrary crime deferve defire degree deſpiſe difagreeable diſapprobation eaſe eaſily endeavour eſteem exceffive excite expoſed fame manner fatisfaction feel feems feldom fellow-feeling felves fenfe fenfible fentiments fhould firft firſt fituation fociety fome meaſure fometimes foon forrow fpectator friends ftill fuch fufferer fuperior fuppofed fupport furely fympathy gratitude greateſt greatneſs happineſs higheſt himſelf human imagination impartial ſpectator indignation injuftice intereft itſelf juft juftice juſt laft leaſt lefs mankind merit misfortune moft moſt motives muft muſt natural neceffarily neceffary never notwithſtanding obferved occafions otherwiſe ourſelves paffions pain perfon pleaſed pleaſure praiſe proper object propriety puniſhment purpoſe reaſon refentment regard render reſpect rules ſcarce ſee ſeems ſenſe ſome ſuch themſelves theſe thofe thoſe UNIVE uſe virtue weakneſs whofe whoſe wiſhes
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Página 286 - 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 141 - Society, however, cannot subsist among those who are at all times ready to hurt and injure one another.
Página 102 - ... by the baseness of the means through which he rose to it. Though by the profusion of every liberal expense, though by excessive indulgence in every profligate pleasure, the wretched but usual resource of ruined characters, though by the hurry of public business, or by the prouder and more dazzling tumult of war, he may...
Página iv - I shall in another discourse endeavour to give an account of the general principles of law and government, and of the different revolutions they have undergone in the different ages and periods of society, not only in what concerns justice, but in what concerns police, revenue, and arms, and whatever else is the object of law.
Página 309 - It is this deception which rouses and keeps in continual motion the industry of mankind. It is this which first prompted them to cultivate the ground, to build houses, to found cities and commonwealths, and to invent and improve all the sciences and arts, which ennoble and embellish human life...
Página 302 - When a person comes into his chamber, and finds the chairs all standing in the middle of the room, he is angry with his servant, and rather than see them continue in that disorder, perhaps takes the trouble himself to set them all in their places with their backs to the wall. The whole propriety of this new situation arises from its superior conveniency in leaving the floor free and disengaged.
Página 78 - From whence, then, arises that emulation which runs through all the different ranks of men, and what are the advantages which we propose by that great purpose of human life which we call bettering our condition? To be observed, to be attended to, to be taken notice of with sympathy, complacency, and approbation, are all the advantages which we can propose to derive from it.
Página 15 - WHEN the original passions of the person principally concerned are in perfect concord with the sympathetic emotions of the spectator, they necessarily appear to this last just and proper, and suitable to their objects ; and, on the contrary, when, upon bringing the case home to himself, he finds that they do not coincide with what he feels, they necessarily appear to him unjust and improper, and unsuitable to the causes which excite them.
Página 148 - In neither case does our regard for the individuals arise from our regard for the multitude : but in both cases our regard for the multitude is compounded and made up of the particular regards which we feel for the different individuals of which it is composed.
Página 79 - The rich man glories in his riches, because he feels that they naturally draw upon him the attention of the world...