Elementary Sketches of Moral Philosophy, Delivered at The Royal Institution, in the Years 1804, 1805, and 1806.

Elementary Sketches of Moral Philosophy, Delivered at The Royal Institution, in the Years 1804, 1805, and 1806.

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xi, 424 pp. Smith was a student of Dugald Stewart, and possibly inspiration for Jane Austen's character Henry Tilney in Northanger Abbey. These writings were taken from lectures given at The Royal Institution, and include: Introductory Lecture; History of Moral Philosophy; History of Philosophy, Part 2; On the Powers of External Perception; On Conception; On Memory; On Imagination; On Reason and Judgment; On the Conduct of the Understanding; On Wit and Humour; On Wit and Humour, Part 2; On Taste; On the Beautiful; On the Beautiful, Part 2; On the Beautiful, Part 3; On the Sublime; On the Faculties of Animals, as Compared with Those of Men; On the Faculties of Beasts; On the Conduct of the Understanding, Part 2; On the Active Powers of the Mind; On the Evil Affections; On the Benevolent Affections; On the Passions; On the Desires; On Surprise, Novelty, and Variety; On Habit; On Habit, Part 2.