Category: Essays, Letters & Speeches

The Essays of Adam Smith

CH. I. Of Sympathy . . . . . . 9-13 CH. II. Of the Pleasure of Mutual Sympathy . . 13-16 CH. III., IV. Of the manner in which we judge of the Propriety or Impropriety of the Affections of other Men, by their Concord or Dissonance with our own . . . . . . . 16-23 CH. V. Of the...

Chapters

8. Part I., 405-415. Part II., 415-432. Part III . 432-434

Of the Sense of Touching, 439-444. Of the Sense of Tasting, 444-445. Of the Sense of Smelling, 445. Of the Sense of Hearing, 445-450. Of the Sense of Seeing . . . . . . 450-468

11. PART III.

THE imitative powers of Dancing are much superior to those of instrumental Music, and are at least equal, perhaps superior, to those of any other art. Like instrumental Music, h...

10. PART II.

AFTER the pleasures which arise from the gratification of the bodily appetites, there seem to be none more natural to man than Music and Dancing. In the progress of art and impr...

9. PART I.

THE most perfect imitation of an object of any kind must in all cases, it is evident, be another object of the same kind, made as exactly as possible after the same model. What,...

7. PART VII.

CH. I. Of those Systems which make Virtue consist in Propriety . . . . . 237-260 CH. II. Of those Systems which make Virtue consist in Prudence . . . . . 260-265 CH. III. Of tho...

1. PART I.

CH. I. Of Sympathy . . . . . . 9-13 CH. II. Of the Pleasure of Mutual Sympathy . . 13-16 CH. III., IV. Of the manner in which we judge of the Propriety or Impropriety of the Aff...

2. PART II.

CH. I. That whatever appears to be the proper Object of Gratitude, appears to deserve Reward; and that, in the same Manner, whatever appears to be the proper Object of Resentmen...

3. PART III.

CH. I. Of the Principle of Self-approbation and of Self-disapprobation . . . . . 99-102 CH. II. Of the Love of Praise, and of that of Praise-worthiness; and of the Dread of Blam...

6. PART VI.

CH. I. Of the Order in which Individuals are recommended by Nature to our Care and Attention 193-201 CH. II. Of the Order in which Societies are by Nature recommended to our Ben...

4. PART IV.

CH. I. Of the Beauty which the Appearance of Utility bestows upon all the Productions of Art, and of the extensive Influence of this Species of Beauty . . . . . . 158-165 CH. II...

5. PART V.

CH. I. Of the Influence of Custom and Fashion upon our Notions of Beauty and Deformity . . 171-176 CH. II. Of the Influence of Custom and Fashion upon Moral Sentiments . . . . ....