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Ferguson, Adam, 1723-1816

"An Essay on the History of Civil Society, Eighth Edition"


Chap. IV. Of the social Passions.
Chap. V. Of the selfish Passions.

Section III. _Of the Effects of Prosperity and Adversity upon the
Judgment of Mankind with regard to the Propriety of Action; and why it is
more easy to obtain their approbation in the one state than in the
other_.
Chap. I. That though our sympathy with sorrow is generally a more lively
sensation than our sympathy with toy, it commonly falls much more short of
the violence of what is naturally felt by the person principally concerned.
Chap. II. Of the origin of Ambition, and of the distinction of Ranks.
Chap. III. 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.

PART II.
_Of Merit and Demerit; or of the objects of reward and punishment_.
Section I. _Of the Sense of Merit and Demerit_.
Introduction.
Chap. 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 resentment, appears to deserve punishment.


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