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 pagina's |
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... Readers . They are not meant to super- sede a more detailed account of the eminent men to whom they relate , when any other person shall choose afterwards to resume the same portions of the literary History of Scotland ; far less to ...
... Readers . They are not meant to super- sede a more detailed account of the eminent men to whom they relate , when any other person shall choose afterwards to resume the same portions of the literary History of Scotland ; far less to ...
Pagina 23
... reader to discriminate carefully from each other , in order to com- prehend all the different bearings of the author's argument . The aim of the former inquiry is , to explain in what manner we learn to judge of the conduct of our ...
... reader to discriminate carefully from each other , in order to com- prehend all the different bearings of the author's argument . The aim of the former inquiry is , to explain in what manner we learn to judge of the conduct of our ...
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... reader . " The merit , however , of Mr Smith's per- formance does not rest here . No work , undoubtedly , can be mentioned , ancient or modern , which exhibits so complete a view of those facts with respect to our moral perceptions ...
... reader . " The merit , however , of Mr Smith's per- formance does not rest here . No work , undoubtedly , can be mentioned , ancient or modern , which exhibits so complete a view of those facts with respect to our moral perceptions ...
Pagina 46
... readers , leave him , among our English moralists , without a rival . The Dissertation on the Origin of Languages , which now forms a part of the same volume with the Theory of Moral Sentiments , was , I believe , first annexed to the ...
... readers , leave him , among our English moralists , without a rival . The Dissertation on the Origin of Languages , which now forms a part of the same volume with the Theory of Moral Sentiments , was , I believe , first annexed to the ...
Pagina 75
... yourself , by your friends , and by the " public , that I trembled for its appearance ; but am now " much relieved . Not but that the reading of it necessarily 66 86 66 66 66 requires so much attention , and OF ADAM SMITH , LL . D. 75.
... yourself , by your friends , and by the " public , that I trembled for its appearance ; but am now " much relieved . Not but that the reading of it necessarily 66 86 66 66 66 requires so much attention , and OF ADAM SMITH , LL . D. 75.
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Pagina 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.
Pagina 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
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 63 - ... a theory of the general principles which ought to run through, and be the foundation of, the laws of all nations.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.
Pagina 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.