Biographical Memoirs, of Adam Smith, LL. D., of William Robertson, D. D. and of Thomas Reid, D. D.: Read Before the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Now Collected Into One Volume, with Some Additional NotesG. Ramsay, 1811 - 532 من الصفحات |
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... appear from any information that I have received ; but from some papers , now in the pos- session of Mr Hume's nephew , and which he has been so obliging as to allow me to peruse , their acquaintance seems to have grown into friendship ...
... appear from any information that I have received ; but from some papers , now in the pos- session of Mr Hume's nephew , and which he has been so obliging as to allow me to peruse , their acquaintance seems to have grown into friendship ...
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... appear- ed , at first , not to be sufficiently possessed of the subject , and spoke with some hesitation . As he advanced , however , the matter seemed to crowd upon him , his manner became warm and animated , and his expression easy ...
... appear- ed , at first , not to be sufficiently possessed of the subject , and spoke with some hesitation . As he advanced , however , the matter seemed to crowd upon him , his manner became warm and animated , and his expression easy ...
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... aware that the attempt may appear superfluous ; but I flatter my- self that it will not be wholly useless to such as have not been much conversant in these abstract disquisitions , by present- ing 22 ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS.
... aware that the attempt may appear superfluous ; but I flatter my- self that it will not be wholly useless to such as have not been much conversant in these abstract disquisitions , by present- ing 22 ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND WRITINGS.
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... appears to us a proper object of reward ; when it is hurtful , he ap- pears the proper object of punishment . The principles in our nature which most directly prompt us to reward and to punish , are gratitude and OF ADAM SMITH , LL . D. 31.
... appears to us a proper object of reward ; when it is hurtful , he ap- pears the proper object of punishment . The principles in our nature which most directly prompt us to reward and to punish , are gratitude and OF ADAM SMITH , LL . D. 31.
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... appear to us deserving of reward , are actions of a be- neficial tendency , proceeding from proper motives ; the on- ly actions which seem to deserve punishment , are actions of a hurtful tendency , proceeding from improper motives . A ...
... appear to us deserving of reward , are actions of a be- neficial tendency , proceeding from proper motives ; the on- ly actions which seem to deserve punishment , are actions of a hurtful tendency , proceeding from improper motives . A ...
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الصفحة 432 - There is no question of importance whose decision is not comprised in the science of man; and there is none which can be decided with any certainty before we become acquainted with that science.
الصفحة 82 - 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
الصفحة 425 - 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.
الصفحة 75 - 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.
الصفحة 63 - ... a theory of the general principles which ought to run through, and be the foundation of, the laws of all nations.
الصفحة 82 - ... peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice ; all the rest being brought about by the natural course of things. All governments which thwart this natural course, which force things into another channel, or which endeavour to arrest the progress of society at a particular point, are unnatural, and to support themselves are obliged to be oppressive and tyrannical.
الصفحة 257 - TULLOCH. Rational Theology and Christian Philosophy in England in the Seventeenth Century. By JOHN TULLOCH, DD, Principal of St Mary's College in the University of St Andrews ; and one of her Majesty's Chaplains in Ordinary in Scotland. Second Edition. 2 vols. 8vo, 16s. Modern Theories in Philosophy and Religion. 8vo, 15s. Luther, and other Leaders of the Reformation.
الصفحة 432 - Here, then, is the only expedient from which we can hope for success in our philosophical researches ; to leave the tedious, lingering method, which we have hitherto followed ; and, instead of taking, now and then, a castle or village on the frontier, to march up directly to the capital or centre of these sciences, to human nature itself; which being once masters of, we may every where else hope for an easy victory.
الصفحة 23 - 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; and when it does fall, we feel it in some measure, and are hurt by it as well as the sufferer.
الصفحة 70 - 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.