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... of the strongest desire of my nature ) , it is necessary for me to regard my happiness , not in that light in which it appears to myself , but in that light in E which it appears to mankind in general . If an OF ADAM SMITH , LL . D. 33.
... of the strongest desire of my nature ) , it is necessary for me to regard my happiness , not in that light in which it appears to myself , but in that light in E which it appears to mankind in general . If an OF ADAM SMITH , LL . D. 33.
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... regard the death of his enemy as but a small compensation for a trifling wrong . But his observations on the conduct of others have taught him how horrible such sanguinary re- venges are ; and he has impressed it on his mind as an in ...
... regard the death of his enemy as but a small compensation for a trifling wrong . But his observations on the conduct of others have taught him how horrible such sanguinary re- venges are ; and he has impressed it on his mind as an in ...
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... regard virtue , is enlivened by the perception of this utility , or , as he explains the fact , it is enlivened by our sympathy with the happiness of those to whom the utility extends : But still he insists , that it is not the view of ...
... regard virtue , is enlivened by the perception of this utility , or , as he explains the fact , it is enlivened by our sympathy with the happiness of those to whom the utility extends : But still he insists , that it is not the view of ...
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... regard with horror and a kind of hydrophobia the great gulf that lies between us . I am " also tired of travelling , as much as you ought naturally to " be of staying at home . I therefore propose to you to come hither , and pass some ...
... regard with horror and a kind of hydrophobia the great gulf that lies between us . I am " also tired of travelling , as much as you ought naturally to " be of staying at home . I therefore propose to you to come hither , and pass some ...
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... regard to luminous method , if they should sometimes hap- pen to mistake the historical order of their own conclusions for the natural procedure of the human understanding ! NOTE ( F ) , P. 98 . When this memoir was first written , I ...
... regard to luminous method , if they should sometimes hap- pen to mistake the historical order of their own conclusions for the natural procedure of the human understanding ! NOTE ( F ) , P. 98 . When this memoir was first written , I ...
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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.