 | 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...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... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | 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...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... | |
 | Anna Seward - 1817 - 198 pages
...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 pages
...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;... | |
 | John Epps - 1829 - 624 pages
...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 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...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... | |
 | 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...derives nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it ; of this kind is pity or compassion, words appropriated to signify our fellow feeling with the sorrow... | |
 | 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...derives nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it ; of this kind is pity or compassion, words appropriated to sig nify our fellow feeling with the sorrow... | |
 | 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...derives nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it ; of this kind is pity or compassion, words appropriated to sig nify our fellow feeling with the sorrow... | |
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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. 
