...priority of our sympathetic attachments to others. "How selfish soever man may be supposed," he writes, "there are evidently some principles in his nature,...derives nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it."9 In making this claim, Smith is insisting on the naturalness and inevitability of sympathy, and...

...führt. Zu (1): Beachtet werden muss dazu auch Folgendes: "How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature,...though he derives nothing from it except the pleasure ofseeing it. 65 " Umgekehrt verursacht das Unglück eines Menschen bei anderen Betroffenheit. Smith...

...be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortunes of others, and render their happiness necessary to...nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it' (Smith 1976a: 9). Self-interest to Smith never meant that humans could not care about other members...

...be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortunes of others, and render their happiness necessary to...nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it. —Adam Smith, Theory of Moral Sentiments, 2000 [1759] Although a high standard of morality gives but...

...some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness to him, though he derives nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it. — Adam Smith Introduction At the conclusion of Chapter 3, it was argued that the proposition that...

...soever man may be supposed, there are evidenrly some principles in his nature, which interest him m the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothmg from it, except the pleasure of seeing it» (ma traduction ; Adam Smith, The Theory of Moral...

...man when beginning this book with the following sentences: "How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature,...nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it." (1759, p. 9.) Nevertheless, he also writes in the same book: "We are not ready to suspect any person...

...opening lines of the Smith's Theory of moral sentiments read, "How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature,...nothing from it, except the pleasure of seeing it. ... The greatest ruffian, the most hardened violator of the laws of society, is not altogether without...

...of sympathy for others and consideration for their interests. Howsoever selfish man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature,...derives nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it ... That we often derive sorrow from the sorrow of others, is a matter of fact too obvious to require...