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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Pagina 7
... never been direct- ed to more important acquisitions . After a residence at Oxford of seven years , he re- turned to Kirkaldy , and lived two years with his mother ; engaged in study , but without any fixed plan for his fu- ture life ...
... never been direct- ed to more important acquisitions . After a residence at Oxford of seven years , he re- turned to Kirkaldy , and lived two years with his mother ; engaged in study , but without any fixed plan for his fu- ture life ...
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... never fail- ed to interest his hearers . Each discourse consisted commonly of several distinct propositions , which he suc- cessively endeavoured to prove and illustrate . These propositions , when announced in general terms , had ...
... never fail- ed to interest his hearers . Each discourse consisted commonly of several distinct propositions , which he suc- cessively endeavoured to prove and illustrate . These propositions , when announced in general terms , had ...
Pagina 19
... never so graceful as the one set , nor so odious as the other . Even when excessive , they are never so disagreeable as excessive resentment ; because no opposite sympathy can interest us against them : and when most suitable to their ...
... never so graceful as the one set , nor so odious as the other . Even when excessive , they are never so disagreeable as excessive resentment ; because no opposite sympathy can interest us against them : and when most suitable to their ...
Pagina 22
... never injured me , merely because they stand in the way of my own , I perceive evidently , that society will sympathize with his resentment , and that I shall become the object of gene- ral indignation . When , upon any occasion , I am ...
... never injured me , merely because they stand in the way of my own , I perceive evidently , that society will sympathize with his resentment , and that I shall become the object of gene- ral indignation . When , upon any occasion , I am ...
Pagina 34
... never exhibit , in any two instances , a perfect uniformity . But whether they have been real- ized or no , is often a question of little consequence . In most cases , it is of more importance to ascertain the progress that is most ...
... never exhibit , in any two instances , a perfect uniformity . But whether they have been real- ized or no , is often a question of little consequence . In most cases , it is of more importance to ascertain the progress that is most ...
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The Works of Dugald Stewart: Account of the life and writings of Adam Smith ... Dugald Stewart Volledige weergave - 1829 |
The Works of Dugald Stewart: Account of the life and writings of Adam Smith ... Dugald Stewart Volledige weergave - 1829 |
The Works of Dugald Stewart: Account of the life and writings of Adam Smith ... Dugald Stewart Volledige weergave - 1829 |
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Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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...
Pagina 51 - ... a theory of the general principles which ought to run through, and be the foundation of, the laws of all nations.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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...
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.