Eighteenth Century Collection Online Demo

The theory of moral sentiments: By Adam Smith, ...

It is to be observed, that so far as the sen|••iment of approbation arises from the percep|••ion of this beauty of utility, it has no refe|••ence of any kind to the sentiments of others. ••f it was possible, therefore, that a person ••hould grow up to manhood without any ••ommunication with society, his own actions ••ight, notwithstanding, be agreeable or dis|••greeable to him upon account of their ten|••ency to his happiness or disadvantage. He ••ight perceive a beauty of this kind in pru|••ence, temperance and good conduct, and a ••eformity in the opposite behaviour: He ••ight view his own temper and character ••ith that sort of satisfaction with which we ••onsider a well contrived machine, in the 〈◊〉〈◊〉 case; or with that sort of distaste and ••••ssatisfaction with which we regard a very ••••kward and clumsy contrivance, in the other. 〈◊〉〈◊〉 these perceptions, however, are meerly 〈◊〉〈◊〉 matter of taste, and have all the feebleness 〈◊〉〈◊〉 delicacy of that species of perceptions, ••••on the justness of which what is properly 〈◊〉〈◊〉 taste is founded, they probably would 〈◊〉〈◊〉 be much attended to by one in this 〈◊〉〈◊〉 and miserable condition. Even though ••••ey should occur to him, they would by no ••eans have the same effect upon him, ante|cedent
/ 545
Pages

Actions

file_download Download Options Download this page Image - Page 369 Plain Text - Page 369

About this Item

Title
The theory of moral sentiments: By Adam Smith, ...
Author
Smith, Adam, 1723-1790.
Canvas
Page 369
Publication
London :: printed for A. Millar; and A. Kincaid and J. Bell, in Edinburgh,
1759.

Technical Details

Link to this Item
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eccodemo/k111361.0001.001
Link to this scan
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eccodemo/k111361.0001.001/362

Rights and Permissions

This keyboarded and encoded edition of the work described above is co-owned by the institutions providing financial support to the Eighteenth Century Collections Online Text Creation Partnership. Searching, reading, printing, or downloading ECCO-TCP texts is reserved for the authorized users of these project partner institutions. Permission must be granted for subsequent distribution, in print or electronically, of this text, in whole or in part. Please contact project staff at eccotcp-info.edu for further information or permissions.

Related Links

Manifest
https://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/api/manifest/eccodemo:k111361.0001.001

Cite this Item

Full citation
"The theory of moral sentiments: By Adam Smith, ..." In the digital collection Eighteenth Century Collection Online Demo. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/eccodemo/k111361.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed June 12, 2025.
Do you have questions about this content? Need to report a problem? Please contact us.