Essays on I. Moral sentiments; II. Astronomical inquiries; III. Formation of languages; IV. History of ancient physics; V. Ancient logic and metaphysics; VI. The imitative arts; VII. Music, dancing, poetry; VIII. The external senses; IX. English and Itali
SMITH (Adam).

Essays on I. Moral sentiments; II. Astronomical inquiries; III. Formation of languages; IV. History of ancient physics; V. Ancient logic and metaphysics; VI. The imitative arts; VII. Music, dancing, poetry; VIII. The external senses; IX. English and Itali

First edition thus. Small 8vo. [2], 473, [3, ads.] pp. Original red embossed cloth, spine lettered in gilt (paperstock uniformly browned, contents otherwise generally clean; spine darkened, a very good copy). London, Alex Murray & Son, 1869.

£150.00
SMITH (Adam).
Essays on I. Moral sentiments; II. Astronomical inquiries; III. Formation of languages; IV. History of ancient physics; V. Ancient logic and metaphysics; VI. The imitative arts; VII. Music, dancing, poetry; VIII. The external senses; IX. English and Itali

A nice collection bringing together abridged extracts from The Theory of Moral Sentiments, Smith’s first and most thoroughly philosophical work, alongside the majority of the articles included in Smith’s posthumous collection of Philosophical Essays (1795).

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