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. Beatty and C. Jackson, 1777 - 426 стор. |
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... rules 180 CHAP . III . Of the influence and authority of the general rules of morality , and that they are juftly regarded as the laws of the Deity 207 CHAP . IV . In what cafes the fenfe of duty ought to be the fole principle of our ...
... rules 180 CHAP . III . Of the influence and authority of the general rules of morality , and that they are juftly regarded as the laws of the Deity 207 CHAP . IV . In what cafes the fenfe of duty ought to be the fole principle of our ...
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... have treated of the practical rules of morality 367 Confiderations concerning the first formation of languages , and the different genius of original and compound languages 389 PART I. Of the PROPRIETY of ACTION . Confifting of CONTENT S.
... have treated of the practical rules of morality 367 Confiderations concerning the first formation of languages , and the different genius of original and compound languages 389 PART I. Of the PROPRIETY of ACTION . Confifting of CONTENT S.
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... rules derived from our preceding experience of what our fenti- ments would commonly correfpond with , correct upon this , as upon many other occafions , the impro- priety of our present emotions . The fentiment or affection of the heart ...
... rules derived from our preceding experience of what our fenti- ments would commonly correfpond with , correct upon this , as upon many other occafions , the impro- priety of our present emotions . The fentiment or affection of the heart ...
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... excites it , it is fcarce poffible that we should make ufe of any other rule or canon but the correfpondent affection in ourselves . If , upon bringing the cafe home home to our own breaft , we find that the 18 Part I. Of PROPRIETY .
... excites it , it is fcarce poffible that we should make ufe of any other rule or canon but the correfpondent affection in ourselves . If , upon bringing the cafe home home to our own breaft , we find that the 18 Part I. Of PROPRIETY .
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... rules which they prescribed to us , its greateft wretched- nefs and most complete depravity . The outward appearance of this order and propriety was indeed more easily maintained in fome circumftances than in others . To a fool ...
... rules which they prescribed to us , its greateft wretched- nefs and most complete depravity . The outward appearance of this order and propriety was indeed more easily maintained in fome circumftances than in others . To a fool ...
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Сторінка 242 - 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; and thus, without intending it, without knowing it, advance the interest of the society, and afford means to the multiplication of the species.
Сторінка 361 - ... actions ; thirdly, we observe that his conduct has been agreeable to the general rules by which those two sympathies generally act ; and, last of all, when we consider such actions, as making a part of a system of behaviour which tends to promote the happiness either of the individual or of the society, they appear to derive a beauty from this utility, not unlike that which we ascribe to any well-contrived machine.
Сторінка 203 - THE regard to those general rules of conduct is what is properly called a sense of duty, a principle of the greatest consequence in human life, and the only principle by which the bulk of mankind are capable of directing their actions.
Сторінка 4 - We sympathize even with the dead, and overlooking what is of real importance in their situation, that awful futurity which awaits them, we are chiefly affected by those circumstances which strike our senses, but can have no influence upon their happiness.
Сторінка 421 - O how oft shall he On faith and changed Gods complain, and seas Rough with black winds, and storms Unwonted shall admire ! Who now enjoys thee credulous, all gold, Who always vacant, always amiable Hopes thee, of flattering gales Unmindful. Hapless they To whom thou untried seem'st fair. Me, in my vow'd Picture, the sacred wall declares to have hung My dank and dropping weeds To the stern God of sea.
Сторінка 220 - 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.
Сторінка 363 - ... may be compared to the rules of grammar ; the rules of the other virtues to the rules which critics lay down for the attainment of what is sublime and elegant in composition.
Сторінка 24 - We are disgusted with that clamorous grief which, without any delicacy, calls upon our compassion with sighs and tears and importunate lamentations. But we reverence that reserved, that silent and majestic sorrow, which discovers itself only in the swelling of the eyes, in the quivering of the lips and cheeks, and in the distant, but affecting coldness of the whole behaviour.
Сторінка 179 - When I endeavour to examine my own conduct, when I endeavour to pass sentence upon it, and either to approve or condemn it, it is evident that, in all such cases, I divide myself...