Sentiments

The first sentence of his Theory of the Moral Sentiments, which is a full resumé of his theory, is as follows: “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.”

System der volkswirthschaft. English Wilhelm Roscher 1855

Of the corruption of our Moral Sentiments, which is occasioned by this disposition to admire the rich and the great, and to despise or neglect persons of poor and mean condition.

An Essay on the History of Civil Society, Eighth Edition Adam Ferguson 1769

"Sentiments," that is, emotions, must be "disciplined" to fit "manners and morals, tradition and practice" -- in short, the existing social and political order.

George Lakoff: Empathy, Sotomayor, and Democracy: The Conservative Stealth Strategy 2009

'Sentiments' afflicted his acute sense of the declamatory twice.

Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith George Meredith 1868

'Sentiments' afflicted his acute sense of the declamatory twice.

Beauchamp's Career — Volume 1 George Meredith 1868

'Sentiments' afflicted his acute sense of the declamatory twice.

Beauchamp's Career — Complete George Meredith 1868

With such kind of Sentiments would she a while beguile Despair; but then the excessive Eagerness with which she wish'd to appear amiable in the Eyes of this Charmer of her Soul, suggested another Difficulty which she knew not how to get over. —

Idalia, or, The Unfortunate Mistress: A Novel 1725

There are in this fierce Character so many Sentiments of avow'd Barbarity, Insolence, and Vain-glory, that they blaze even to a ludicrous Lustre, and doubtless the Poet intended those to make his Spectators laugh while they admir'd them; but Booth thought it depreciated the Dignity of Tragedy to raise a Smile in any part of it, and therefore cover'd these kind of Sentiments with a scrupulous Coldness and unmov'd Delivery, as if he had fear'd the Audience might take too familiar a notice of them.

An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Volume I 1889

His greatest book was "The Theory of Moral Sentiments," a defense of a culture that could support true freedom and provide the greatest life satisfaction.

The Debt Ceiling and the Pursuit of Happiness Arthur C. Brooks 2011

Sentiments that President Obama expresses at a memorial service in Tucson on Wednesday are likely to find their way into the speech he delivers to Congress and the nation on January 25.

Arizona Shootings Impact Obama State of the Union Address 2011