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 15
... judge of the conduct of our neighbour ; in the latter , in what manner , by applying these judgments to ourselves , we acquire a sense of duty . Our moral judgments both with respect to our own conduct and that of others , include two ...
... judge of the conduct of our neighbour ; in the latter , in what manner , by applying these judgments to ourselves , we acquire a sense of duty . Our moral judgments both with respect to our own conduct and that of others , include two ...
Strana 17
... Of this suitableness I can judge only from the coincidence of the affection with that which I feel , when I conceive VOL . VII . * 3 myself in the same circumstances ; and the perception of AND WRITINGS OF ADAM SMITH . 17.
... Of this suitableness I can judge only from the coincidence of the affection with that which I feel , when I conceive VOL . VII . * 3 myself in the same circumstances ; and the perception of AND WRITINGS OF ADAM SMITH . 17.
Strana 25
... judge between our- selves and those we live with . We conceive ourselves as acting in the presence of a person , who has no par- ticular relation , either to ourselves , or to those whose interests are affected by our conduct ; and we ...
... judge between our- selves and those we live with . We conceive ourselves as acting in the presence of a person , who has no par- ticular relation , either to ourselves , or to those whose interests are affected by our conduct ; and we ...
Strana 32
... judge , the late M. d'Alembert , has recommended this arrange- ment of their elementary principles , which is founded on the natural succession of inventions and discoveries , as the best adapted for interesting the curiosity and ex ...
... judge , the late M. d'Alembert , has recommended this arrange- ment of their elementary principles , which is founded on the natural succession of inventions and discoveries , as the best adapted for interesting the curiosity and ex ...
Strana 35
... judges , and proper to spread the reputation of the book . I sent one to the Duke of Argyle , to Lord Lyttleton , Horace Walpole , Soame Jennyns , and Burke , an Irish gentleman , who wrote lately a very pretty treatise on the Sublime ...
... judges , and proper to spread the reputation of the book . I sent one to the Duke of Argyle , to Lord Lyttleton , Horace Walpole , Soame Jennyns , and Burke , an Irish gentleman , who wrote lately a very pretty treatise on the Sublime ...
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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.