 | Samuel Jackson Pratt - 1805 - 590 pages
...fold— "How selfish soever," observes the sagacious author of 'The Theory of Moral Sentiments,' " man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it except... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1817 - 776 pages
...ACTION, CONSISTING OF THREE SECTIONS. SECTION I. OF THE SENSE OF PROPRIETY. CHAPTER I. Of Sympathy. HOW selfish soever man may be supposed, there are...principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it,... | |
 | Anna Seward - 1817 - 204 pages
...gold— " How selfish soever," observes the sagacious author •f ' The Theory of Moral Sentiments,' " man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it,... | |
 | William Draper - 1830 - 44 pages
...question in the opening passage of his work : — " How selfish soever man may be supposed," says he, " there are evidently some principles in his nature which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it except... | |
 | Lives - 1833 - 588 pages
...question in the opening passage of his work : — " How selfish soever man may be supposed," says he, " there are evidently some principles in his nature which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it except... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1833 - 584 pages
...question in the opening passage of his work : — " How selfish soever man may be supposed," says he, " there are evidently some principles in his nature which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it except... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1833 - 584 pages
...question in the opening passage of his work : — " How selfish soever man may be supposed," says he, " there are evidently some principles in his nature which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it except... | |
 | Robert Blakey - 1836 - 388 pages
...opinions, habits, and sentiments of those with whom we are upon terms of intimacy and friendship. " How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are...and render their happiness necessary to him, though lie derives nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it. Of this kind is pity or compassion, the... | |
 | William Harness - 1841 - 128 pages
...around us for information on this subject, we shall find most sufficient reasons for believing that 2 " How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are...principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it except... | |
 | Adam Smith - 1853 - 616 pages
...OF ACTION, CONSISTING OF THREE SECTIONS SECTION L OF THE SENSE OF PROPRIETY* CHAPTER I. Of Sympathy. How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are...principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it,... | |
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How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it. 
