Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . ought him the notice and friendship of Lord Kames and severalother distinguished literary men who then resided in the Scottish capital; andin 1751 he was, through their influence, and his own reputation, elected to theprofessorship of logic in the university of Glasgow, which he exchanged in theyear following, for the chair of moral p
Illustrated biography; or, Memoirs of the great and the good of all nations and all times; comprising sketches of eminent statesmen, philosophers, heroes, artists, reformers, philanthropists, mechanics, navigators, authors, poets, divines, soldiers, savans, etc . ought him the notice and friendship of Lord Kames and severalother distinguished literary men who then resided in the Scottish capital; andin 1751 he was, through their influence, and his own reputation, elected to theprofessorship of logic in the university of Glasgow, which he exchanged in theyear following, for the chair of moral philosophy. He held this situation forabout twelve years, during which time the eloquence arid originality of his lec-tures rendered him the chief ornament of the seminary, and attracted crowdsof students to his class from all quarters. His mode of lecturing was not towrite out what he intended to say, but, after making himself completely masterof his subject, to trust to the moment for expression ; and in this way, we aretold, he never failed to keep up the eager attention of his audience to the dis-cussion of even the most difficult and abstract parts of his subject. In 1759 he gave to the world his first publication, the -Theory of Moral ADAM SMITH. 299. Portrait of Adam Smith. Sentiments. It was an exposition of the leading metaphysical views whichhe had been in the habit of addressing to his class, the design being to showthat all our feelings and judgments with regard to the moralityof different ac-tions, arise from, and are regulated by, the principle of sympathy, which accor-dingly he makes the fundamental characteristic of our mental constitution, andthat without which we could not exist as social beings. This work, when itfirst appeared, was more applauded for its ingenuity, and the subtlety of thoughtand beauty of expression by which many parts of it were marked, than for theconclusiveness of its reasonings ; but still it brought to its author a large acces-sion of ad
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