Items related to Essays on Philosophical Subjects
This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1795 edition. Excerpt: ... W ONDER, Surprise, and Admiration, arc words which, though often confounded, denote, in our language, sentiments that are indeed allied, but that are in some respects different also, and distinct from one another. What is new and singular, excites that sentiment which, in strict propriety, is called Wonder; what is unexpected, Surprise; and what is great or beautiful, Admiration, We wonder at all extraordinary and uncommon objects, at all the rarer phænomena of nature, at meteors, comets, eclipses, at singular plants and animals, and at every thing, in short, with which we have before been either little or not at all acquainted; and we still wonder, though forewarned of what we are to see. We We arc surprised at those things which w$ have seen often, but which we least of all expected to meet with in the place where we find them; we are surprised at the sudden appearance of a friend, whom we have seen a thousand times, but whom we did not imagine we were tq see then. We admire the^jWjy^orjh^gre^^ ness of a mountain,Athough we have seen both often before, and though nothing appears to us in either, but what we had expected with certainty to see. Whether this criticism upon the precise meaning of these words be just, is of little importance. I imagine it is just, though I acknowledge, that the best writers in our language have not always made use of them according to it. Milton, upon the appearance of Death to Satan, says, that The Fiend what this might W admir'd; Admir'd, not fear'd. But if this criticism be just, the proper expres- sion should have been wonder'd.--Dryden, upon the discovery of Iphigenia steeping, says, that The fool of nature stood with stupid eyes And gaping mouth, that testified surprise. But what Cimon must have...
"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.
About the Author:
Adam Smith was born in a small village in Kirkcaldy, Scotland in 1723. He entered the University of Glasgow at age fourteen, and later attended Balliol College at Oxford. After lecturing for a period, he held several teaching positions at Glasgow University. His greatest achievement was writing The Wealth of Nations (1776), a five-book series that sought to expose the true causes of prosperity, and installed him as the father of contemporary economic thought. He died in Edinburgh on July 19, 1790.
"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.
- PublisherTheClassics.us
- Publication date2013
- ISBN 10 1230227121
- ISBN 13 9781230227122
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages100
- Rating
(No Available Copies)
Search Books: Create a WantIf you know the book but cannot find it on AbeBooks, we can automatically search for it on your behalf as new inventory is added. If it is added to AbeBooks by one of our member booksellers, we will notify you!
Create a Want