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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Strana 10
... give to the public ; but this in- tention , which is mentioned in the conclusion of the Theory of Moral Sentiments , he did not live to fulfil . " In the last part of his lectures , he examined those political regulations which are ...
... give to the public ; but this in- tention , which is mentioned in the conclusion of the Theory of Moral Sentiments , he did not live to fulfil . " In the last part of his lectures , he examined those political regulations which are ...
Strana 15
... give a short abstract . To those who are familiarly acquainted with it as it is stated by its author , I am aware ... gives the name of propriety ; and he begins his theory with inquiring in what it consists , and how we are led to form ...
... give a short abstract . To those who are familiarly acquainted with it as it is stated by its author , I am aware ... gives the name of propriety ; and he begins his theory with inquiring in what it consists , and how we are led to form ...
Strana 16
... give at any time to the circumstances of our neighbour , must affect us somewhat in the same manner , although by no ... gives the name of sympathy or fellow - feeling , which two words he employs as synon- ymous . Upon some occasions ...
... give at any time to the circumstances of our neighbour , must affect us somewhat in the same manner , although by no ... gives the name of sympathy or fellow - feeling , which two words he employs as synon- ymous . Upon some occasions ...
Strana 20
... gives him an easy empire over the affections of others . Having finished the analysis of our sense of propriety and of impropriety , Mr. Smith proceeds to consider our sense of merit and demerit ; which he thinks has also a reference ...
... gives him an easy empire over the affections of others . Having finished the analysis of our sense of propriety and of impropriety , Mr. Smith proceeds to consider our sense of merit and demerit ; which he thinks has also a reference ...
Strana 23
... gives of it is not warped in the least by any peculiarity in his own scheme ; and , I must own , it ap- pears to me to be the most solid and valuable improve- ment he has made in this branch of science . It is im- possible to give any ...
... gives of it is not warped in the least by any peculiarity in his own scheme ; and , I must own , it ap- pears to me to be the most solid and valuable improve- ment he has made in this branch of science . It is im- possible to give any ...
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Strana 236 - The sole end of logic is to explain the principles and operations of our reasoning faculty, and the nature of our ideas ; morals and criticism regard our tastes and sentiments; and politics consider men as united in society, and dependent on each other.
Strana 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.
Strana 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...
Strana 51 - ... a theory of the general principles which ought to run through, and be the foundation of, the laws of all nations.
Strana 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.
Strana 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.
Strana 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.
Strana 71 - As I have left the care of all my literary papers to you, I must tell you that, except those which I carry along with me, there are none worth the...
Strana 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.
Strana 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.