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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... Languages SECTION III . From the Publication of The Theory of Moral Sentiments , till that of The Wealth of Nations SECTION IV . Of the Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Na- tions SECTION V. Conclusion of the Narrative ...
... Languages SECTION III . From the Publication of The Theory of Moral Sentiments , till that of The Wealth of Nations SECTION IV . Of the Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Na- tions SECTION V. Conclusion of the Narrative ...
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... in which his maturer facul- ties had been employed . * In the English language , * The uncommon degree in which Mr. Smith retained possession , even to the the variety of poetical passages which he was not only 6 ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE.
... in which his maturer facul- ties had been employed . * In the English language , * The uncommon degree in which Mr. Smith retained possession , even to the the variety of poetical passages which he was not only 6 ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE.
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... Language , and also a letter , addressed to the editors , containing some general observations on the state of literature in the different countries of Eu- 1 rope . In the former of these papers , AND WRITINGS OF ADAM SMITH . 11.
... Language , and also a letter , addressed to the editors , containing some general observations on the state of literature in the different countries of Eu- 1 rope . In the former of these papers , AND WRITINGS OF ADAM SMITH . 11.
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... Languages , and on the different Genius of those which are original and compounded . " The remarks I have to offer on these two discourses , I shall , for the sake of distinctness , make the subject of a separate sec- tion . SECTION II ...
... Languages , and on the different Genius of those which are original and compounded . " The remarks I have to offer on these two discourses , I shall , for the sake of distinctness , make the subject of a separate sec- tion . SECTION II ...
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... language ; that analogy which runs through the mixture of languages spoken by the most remote and unconnected nations ; and those peculiarities by which they are all distinguished from each other ? Whence the origin of the different ...
... language ; that analogy which runs through the mixture of languages spoken by the most remote and unconnected nations ; and those peculiarities by which they are all distinguished from each other ? Whence the origin of the different ...
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الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 51 - ... a theory of the general principles which ought to run through, and be the foundation of, the laws of all nations.
الصفحة 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...
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 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.
الصفحة 59 - So unfortunate," says he, in one passage, " are the effects of all the regulations of the mercantile system, that they not only introduce very dangerous disorders into the state of the body politic, but disorders which it is often difficult to remedy, without occasioning, for a time at least, still greater disorders. — In what manner, therefore, the natural system of perfect liberty and justice ought gradually to be restored, we must leave to the wisdom of future statesmen and legislators to determine...
الصفحة 268 - And something previous even to taste - 'tis sense: Good sense, which only is the gift of Heaven, And, though no science, fairly worth the seven: A light, which in yourself you must perceive ; Jones and Le Notre have it not to give.