The Works of Dugald Stewart: Account of the life and writings of Adam Smith. Account of the life and writings of William Robertson. Account of the life and writings of Thomas Reid. Tracts respecting the election of Mr. Leslie to the professorship of mathematics in the university of EdinburghHilliard and Brown, 1829 |
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... called , and consisted chiefly of the doctrines which he afterwards published in his Theory of Moral Sentiments . In the third part , he treated at more length of that branch of morality which relates to justice , and which , being sus ...
... called , and consisted chiefly of the doctrines which he afterwards published in his Theory of Moral Sentiments . In the third part , he treated at more length of that branch of morality which relates to justice , and which , being sus ...
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... called The Edinburgh Review , which was begun in the year 1755 , by some gentlemen of distinguished abilities , but which they were prevented by other engagements from carrying farther than the two first numbers . To this work Mr. Smith ...
... called The Edinburgh Review , which was begun in the year 1755 , by some gentlemen of distinguished abilities , but which they were prevented by other engagements from carrying farther than the two first numbers . To this work Mr. Smith ...
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... called re- morse . It is made up of shame from the sense of the impropriety of past conduct ; of grief for the effects of it ; of pity for those who suffer by it ; and of the dread and terror of punishment from the consciousness of the ...
... called re- morse . It is made up of shame from the sense of the impropriety of past conduct ; of grief for the effects of it ; of pity for those who suffer by it ; and of the dread and terror of punishment from the consciousness of the ...
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... called on to act in similar circumstances . The man of furious re- sentment , if he were to listen to the dictates of that passion , would perhaps regard the death of his enemy as but a small conpensation for a trifling wrong . But his ...
... called on to act in similar circumstances . The man of furious re- sentment , if he were to listen to the dictates of that passion , would perhaps regard the death of his enemy as but a small conpensation for a trifling wrong . But his ...
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... called Histoire Raisonnée . The mathematical sciences , both pure and mixed , af- ford , in many of their branches , very favorable subjects for theoretical history ; and a very competent judge , the late M. d'Alembert , has recommended ...
... called Histoire Raisonnée . The mathematical sciences , both pure and mixed , af- ford , in many of their branches , very favorable subjects for theoretical history ; and a very competent judge , the late M. d'Alembert , has recommended ...
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Сторінка 64 - Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism, but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice ; all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things.
Сторінка 51 - ... a theory of the general principles which ought to run through, and be the foundation of, the laws of all nations.
Сторінка 16 - 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...
Сторінка 60 - When he cannot establish the right, he will not disdain to ameliorate the wrong; but, like Solon, when he cannot establish • the best system of laws, he will endeavour to establish the best that the people can bear.
Сторінка 236 - T is evident, that all the sciences have a relation, greater or less, to human nature, and that, however wide any of them may seem to run from it, they still return back by one passage or another.
Сторінка 232 - The intense view of these manifold contradictions and imperfections in human reason has so wrought upon me, and heated my brain, that I am ready to reject all belief and reasoning, and can look upon no opinion even as more probable or likely than another.
Сторінка 57 - It is thus that every system which endeavours, either, by extraordinary encouragements, to draw towards a particular species of industry a greater share of the capital of the society than what would naturally go to it; or, by extraordinary restraints, to force from a particular species of industry some share of the capital which would otherwise be employed in it, is in reality subversive of the great purpose which it means to promote.
Сторінка 36 - I shall inform you of a few that have come to my knowledge. I believe I have mentioned to you already Helvetius's book de 1'Esprit. It is worth your reading, not for its philosophy, which I do not highly value, but for its agreeable composition.
Сторінка 59 - So unfortunate," says he, in one passage, " are the effects of all the regulations of the mercantile system, that they not only introduce very dangerous disorders into the state of the body politic, but disorders which it is often difficult to remedy, without occasioning, for a time at least, still greater disorders. — In what manner, therefore, the natural system of perfect liberty and justice ought gradually to be restored, we must leave to the wisdom of future statesmen and legislators to determine...
Сторінка 268 - And something previous even to taste - 'tis sense: Good sense, which only is the gift of Heaven, And, though no science, fairly worth the seven: A light, which in yourself you must perceive ; Jones and Le Notre have it not to give.