...Conscience, however, probably bears its part in both these * " How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature which interest him in the fortunes of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it...

...when he says, at the opening of his chapter Of Sympathy, " how selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature,...of seeing it. Of this kind is pity or compassion." Mr Darwin, also, is of opinion that sympathy is an instinct " especially directed towards beloved objects,...

...Sentiments, which is a full resume of his theory, is as follows: "How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature...nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it." And this is no empty declaration on his part. It is the thought which of all in his book is nearest...

...Sentiments, which is a full resume of his theory, is as follows: "How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature...nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it." And this is no empty declaration on his part. It is the thought which of all in his book is nearest...

...spirit of his philosophy. " How selfish soever," he begins, " man may be supposed, there are eviclehtly some principles in his nature which interest him in...nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it." So that pity or compassion, which Hobbes had explained as the consciousness of a possible misfortune...

...him in the face. Take the opening sentences of his book : " How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature...of seeing it. Of this kind is pity or compassion, the emotion which we feel for the misery of others, when we either see it or are made to conceive it,...

...beginning his treatise on ' The Theory of Moral Sentiments,' that ' How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature...nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it.' The conclusions to which we are now brought are, that the state is nothing apart from the individuals...

...erftenë ber @inletiung§fa£ au3 vol. I Part. I Sect. 1 Ch. 1: „How selfish soever man may be supposed there are evidently some principles in his nature...he derives nothing from it except the pleasure of feeling it. Of this kind is pity or compassion — " jreeiteng bie 3KitteIfteHung, toeld)e ©mitC in...

...— Smith is an opponent of the Hobbean egoism in ethics. " How-selfish-soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature...of seeing it. Of this kind is pity, or compassion, the emotion which we feel for the misery of others when we either see it, or are made to conceive it...

...that sympathy is the origin and source of moral approbation. "How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature...render their happiness necessary to him, though he desires nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it." Thus, sympathy being one of the original...