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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... circumstance close of his life , of different branches of knowledge which he had long ceased to cultivate , has been often remarked to me by my learned colleague and friend , Mr. Dalzel , Professor of Greek in this University . - Mr ...
... circumstance close of his life , of different branches of knowledge which he had long ceased to cultivate , has been often remarked to me by my learned colleague and friend , Mr. Dalzel , Professor of Greek in this University . - Mr ...
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... particular occasion ; and the only way in which we can form this idea , is by supposing ourselves in the same circumstances with him , and conceiving how we should be affected if we were so situated . AND WRITINGS OF ADAM SMITH . 15.
... particular occasion ; and the only way in which we can form this idea , is by supposing ourselves in the same circumstances with him , and conceiving how we should be affected if we were so situated . AND WRITINGS OF ADAM SMITH . 15.
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... circumstances of our neighbour , must affect us somewhat in the same manner , although by no means in the same degree , as if these circumstances were our own . That this imaginary change of place with other men , is the real source of ...
... circumstances of our neighbour , must affect us somewhat in the same manner , although by no means in the same degree , as if these circumstances were our own . That this imaginary change of place with other men , is the real source of ...
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... circumstances , and are affected with them in the same manner as I am myself . On the other hand it is pleasant to the spectator to observe this correspondence of his emotions with mine . 3. When the spectator of another man's situation ...
... circumstances , and are affected with them in the same manner as I am myself . On the other hand it is pleasant to the spectator to observe this correspondence of his emotions with mine . 3. When the spectator of another man's situation ...
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... circumstances , an emotion of the same kind with that which he feels , naturally arises in our own mind , yet this sympathetic emotion bears but a very small pro- portion , in point of degree , to what is felt by the person principally ...
... circumstances , an emotion of the same kind with that which he feels , naturally arises in our own mind , yet this sympathetic emotion bears but a very small pro- portion , in point of degree , to what is felt by the person principally ...
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