Adam Smith
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Scottish moral philosopher and economist (1723 to 1790); held the chair of moral philosophy at Glasgow University from 1752 to 1764; author of The Wealth of…
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However selfish people may be, something in their nature makes others' happiness matter to them (opens korrents.com)
“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,…”
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Feeling much for others and little for ourselves is the perfection of human nature (opens korrents.com)
“And hence it is, that to feel much for others and little for ourselves, that to restrain our selfish, and to indulge our benevolent affections, constitutes the perfection of human nature; and can alone produce among…”
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Virtue is uncommon excellence, not the ordinary decency most people manage (opens korrents.com)
“As in the common degree of the intellectual qualities, there are no abilities; so in the common degree of the moral, there is no virtue. Virtue is excellence, something uncommonly great and beautiful, which rises far…”
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However selfish people may be, something in their nature makes others' happiness matter to them (opens korrents.com)