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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... perfect concord with the fympathetic emotions of the spectator , they necef- farily appear to this laft juft and proper , and fuit- able to their objects ; and , on the contrary , when , upon bringing the cafe home to himself , he finds ...
... perfect concord with the fympathetic emotions of the spectator , they necef- farily appear to this laft juft and proper , and fuit- able to their objects ; and , on the contrary , when , upon bringing the cafe home to himself , he finds ...
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... perfect harmony of fentiments and affections . If , notwithstanding , we are often differently affect- ed , it arises either from the different degrees of attention , which our different habits of life allow us to give easily to the ...
... perfect harmony of fentiments and affections . If , notwithstanding , we are often differently affect- ed , it arises either from the different degrees of attention , which our different habits of life allow us to give easily to the ...
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... perfect as poffible , that ima- ginary change of fituation upon which his fym- pathy is founded . After all this , however , the emotions of the spectator will still be very apt to fall short of the violence of what is felt by the ...
... perfect as poffible , that ima- ginary change of fituation upon which his fym- pathy is founded . After all this , however , the emotions of the spectator will still be very apt to fall short of the violence of what is felt by the ...
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... to act with the most perfect propriety , re- quires no more than that common and ordinary degree of fenfibility or self - command which the most worthless of mankind are poffeft of , and sometimes Sect . I. OF PROPRIET Y. 31.
... to act with the most perfect propriety , re- quires no more than that common and ordinary degree of fenfibility or self - command which the most worthless of mankind are poffeft of , and sometimes Sect . I. OF PROPRIET Y. 31.
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... perfect propriety ; because they may ftill approach nearer to perfection than could well be expected upon occafions in which it was fo extremely difficult to attain it : and this is very often the cafe upon those occafions which require ...
... perfect propriety ; because they may ftill approach nearer to perfection than could well be expected upon occafions in which it was fo extremely difficult to attain it : and this is very often the cafe upon those occafions which require ...
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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...