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. Lives of Eminent Persons - Side 11av Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1833 - 571 siderUten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| 1802 - 522 sider
...which interest him in thefortuncot others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though IK: derives nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it. Of this kind is pity or Compassion, the emotion which we feel for the misery of others, when we either see it, or are made to conceive... | |
| Samuel Jackson Pratt - 1805 - 590 sider
...soever," observes the sagacious author of 'The Theory of Moral Sentiments,' " man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature,...of seeing it. Of this kind is pity or compassion, the emotion which we feel for the misery of others, when we either see it, or are made to conceive... | |
| Adam Smith - 1817 - 776 sider
...SECTION I. OF THE SENSE OF PROPRIETY. CHAPTER I. Of Sympathy. HOW selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature,...of seeing it. Of this kind is pity or compassion, the emotion which we feel for the misery of others, when we either see it, or are made to conceive... | |
| Anna Seward - 1817 - 204 sider
...soever," observes the sagacious author •f ' The Theory of Moral Sentiments,' " man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature,...of seeing it. Of this kind is pity or compassion, the emotion which we feel for the misery of others, when we either see it, or are made to conceive... | |
| Anna Seward - 1817 - 198 sider
...author of ' The Theory of Moral Sentiments,' " man may be supposed, there are evidently some principle? in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of...render their happiness necessary to him. though he deiives nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it. Of this kind is pity or compassion, the... | |
| William Burdon - 1820 - 460 sider
...on the nature of pity or compassion. " How selfish soever," says he, " man may be supposed, there is evidently some principles in his nature which interest...others, and render their happiness necessary to him, tho' he derives nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it. Of this kind is pity or compassion;... | |
| William Burdon - 1820 - 1026 sider
...nature which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, i In)' he derives nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it. Of this kind is pity or compassion: the emotion which we feel for the misery of others, when we either see it, or conceive it in a very... | |
| John Epps - 1829 - 624 sider
...in general very anxious about the welfare and happiness of others ; for howsoever selfish man may be there are evidently some principles in his nature which interest him in the fortunes of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it,... | |
| William Draper - 1830 - 44 sider
...their followers, in later days. Dr. Smith, though he makes - little direct reference to this system 1 founded on the absolute selfishness of man, may be...him, though he derives nothing from it except the plea\ sure of seeing it ; of this kind is pity or compassion, words appropriated to signify our fellow... | |
| Lives - 1833 - 588 sider
...seventeenth century, who had borrowed it from the school of Epicurus, and who bequeathed it as a theme of everlasting cavil and epigrammatic paradox to that...kind is pity or compassion, words appropriated to sig nify our fellow feeling with the sorrow of others." " Sympathy," he adds* " though its meaning... | |
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