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 LanguagesA. Finley, 1817 - 598 páginas |
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... weakness , and of the need which he has for the assistance of others , rejoices whenever he observes that they adopt his own pas- sions , because he is then assured of that assistance ; and grieves whenever he observes the contrary , be ...
... weakness , and of the need which he has for the assistance of others , rejoices whenever he observes that they adopt his own pas- sions , because he is then assured of that assistance ; and grieves whenever he observes the contrary , be ...
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... weakness of sorrow . They take pleasure , however , in all this , and , it is evident , are sensibly relieved by it ; because the sweetness of his sympathy , more than compen- sates the bitterness of that sorrow , which , in order to ...
... weakness of sorrow . They take pleasure , however , in all this , and , it is evident , are sensibly relieved by it ; because the sweetness of his sympathy , more than compen- sates the bitterness of that sorrow , which , in order to ...
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... weakness . It ' gives us the spleen , on the other hand , to see another too happy , or too much elevated , as we call it , with any little piece of good fortune . We are disobliged even with his joy ; and , because we cannot go along ...
... weakness . It ' gives us the spleen , on the other hand , to see another too happy , or too much elevated , as we call it , with any little piece of good fortune . We are disobliged even with his joy ; and , because we cannot go along ...
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... weakness to escape him , vents no groan , gives way to no passion which we do not entirely enter into , commands our highest admi- ration . His firmness enables him to keep time with our indifference and insensibility . We admire and ...
... weakness to escape him , vents no groan , gives way to no passion which we do not entirely enter into , commands our highest admi- ration . His firmness enables him to keep time with our indifference and insensibility . We admire and ...
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... weakness of human nature , we are surprised , and wonder how he should be able to act so as to deserve approbation . Approbation , mixed and animated by wonder and surprise , constitutes the sentiment which is properly called admiration ...
... weakness of human nature , we are surprised , and wonder how he should be able to act so as to deserve approbation . Approbation , mixed and animated by wonder and surprise , constitutes the sentiment which is properly called admiration ...
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Términos y frases comunes
action admiration affection agreeable altogether appear applause approve Aristotle astress aversion behaviour beneficence bestowed blame body breast cern character Cicero conceive concerning conduct contempt contrary crimes degree demerit deserve desire disagreeable disapprove distress dreadful emotions endeavour enter equitable maxim esteem excite exertion favour feel fellow-feeling fortune frequently friends gratitude greatest guilty happiness hatred heart honour horror human human nature hurt imagination impartial spectator indignation injury injustice innocent irreligion judge judgment justice kind less magnanimity mankind manner ment merit mind misfortune mortified motives natural neral ness never occasions ourselves pain Parmenio passions pathy perfect perhaps perity person Plato pleasure pleasure to burn praise praise-worthiness principle proper object propriety punishment regard render resentment respect rules scarce seems seldom self-command sense sensible sentiments sion situation society sometimes sorrow spect sufferer superior sympa thing thought Timoleon tion tranquillity trepanning tural vanity virtue Voltaire weakness
Pasajes populares
Página 239 - They are led by an invisible hand to make nearly the same distribution of the necessaries of life, which would have been made, had the earth been divided into equal portions among all its inhabitants...
Página 1 - When we see a stroke aimed and just ready to fall upon the leg or arm of another person, we naturally shrink and draw back our own leg or our own arm...
Página 309 - He will accommodate as well as he can his public arrangements to the confirmed habits and prejudices of the people, and will remedy as well as he can the inconveniences which may flow from the want of those regulations which the people are averse to submit to.
Página 234 - The poor man's son, whom heaven in its anger has visited with ambition, when he begins to look around him, admires the condition of the rich. He finds the cottage of his father too small for his accommodation, and fancies he should be lodged more at his ease in a palace. He is displeased with being obliged to walk afoot, or to endure the fatigue of riding on horseback.
Página 285 - In the steadiness of his industry and frugality, in his steadily sacrificing the ease and enjoyment of the present moment for the probable expectation of the still greater ease and enjoyment of a more distant but more lasting period of time, the prudent man is always both supported and rewarded by the entire approbation of the impartial spectator, and of the representative of the impartial spectator, — the man within the breast.
Página 157 - Nature, when she formed man for society, endowed him with an original desire to please, and an original aversion to offend his brethren. She taught him to feel pleasure in their favourable, and pain in their unfavourable regard.
Página 209 - Our continual observations upon the conduct of others insensibly lead us to form to ourselves certain general rules concerning what is fit and proper either to be done or to be avoided.
Página 147 - We can never survey our own sentiments and motives, we can never form any judgment concerning them ; unless we remove ourselves, as it were, from our own natural station, and endeavour to view them as at a certain distance from us. But we can do this in no other way than by endeavouring to view them with the eyes of other people, or as other people are likely to view them.
Página 419 - ... conclusion, that private vices are public benefits. If the love of magnificence, a taste for the elegant arts and improvements of human life, for whatever is agreeable in dress, furniture, or equipage, for architecture, statuary, painting, and music, is to be regarded as luxury, sensuality, and ostentation, even in those whose situation allows, without any inconveniency, the indulgence of those passions, it is certain that luxury, sensuality, and ostentation are public benefits...