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.