The Works of Adam Smith: The theory of moral sentiments

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T. Cadell, 1812
 

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Стр. 315 - the real happinefs of human life, they are in no refpect; inferior to thofe who would feem fo much above them. In eafe of body and peace of mind, all the different ranks of life are nearly upon a level, and the beggar, who funs himfelf by the fide of the highway,
Стр. 406 - it completely and in all its parts, without any regard either to the great interefts, or to the ftrong prejudices which may oppofe it. He feems to imagine that he can arrange the different members of a great fociety with
Стр. 598 - of thofe principles which ought to run through, and be the foundation of the laws of all nations; and his treatife of the laws of war and peace, with all its imperfections, is perhaps at this day the moft complete work that has yet been given
Стр. xv - that we come either to conceive or to be affected by what he feels, may be demonftrated by many obvious obfervations, if it fhould not be thought fufficiently evident of itfelf. When we fee a ftroke aimed and juft ready to fall upon the leg or arm of another perfon, we naturally
Стр. 188 - ourfelves the fpectators of our own behaviour, and endeavour to imagine what effect it would, in this light, produce upon us. This is the only looking-glafs by which we can, in fome meafure, with the eyes of other people, fcrutinize the propriety of our own conduct.
Стр. x - in another difcourfe endeavour to give an account of the general principles of law and government, and of the different revolutions which they had undergone in the different ages and periods of fociety; not only in what concerns juftice, but in what concerns police, revenue, and arms, and whatever elfe is the object of law. In the Enquiry concerning the Nature and
Стр. 142 - be neglected. It is the ornament which embellifhes, not the foundation which fupports the building, and which it was, therefore, fufficient to recommend, but by no means neceflary to impofe. Juftice, on the contrary, is the main pillar that upholds the whole edifice. If it is removed, the great, the immenfe fabric
Стр. 266 - infenfibly lead us to form to ourfelves certain general rules concerning what is fit and proper either to be done or to be avoided. Some of their actions fhock all our natural fentiments. We hear every body about us exprefs the like deteftation againft them. This
Стр. 598 - I fhall in another difcourfe endeavour to give an account of the general principles of law and government, and of the different revolutions they have undergone in the different ages and periods of fociety, not only in
Стр. 28 - any greater punifhment, than what every indifferent perfon would rejoice to fee executed. And hence it is, that to feel much for others and little for ourfelves, that to reftrain our felfifh, and to indulge our benevolent affections, conftitutes the perfection of human nature; and can alone produce among mankind that harmony of fentiments and paffions in which

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