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The Theory of Moral Sentiments

by Adam Smith (1723–1790)

15 chapters, about 116,000 words. The text is in the public domain in the United States and comes from Project Gutenberg.

Chapters

1. Chapter 1 300 words
2. SECTION I. 200 words
3. SECTION I. Of the SENSE of PROPRIETY. 8,600 words
4. INTRODUCTION. 17,300 words
5. INTRODUCTION. 6,000 words
6. SECTION II. Of justice and beneficence. 7,100 words
7. INTRODUCTION. 7,400 words
8. CONSISTING OF ONE SECTION. 17,800 words
9. CONSISTING OF ONE SECTION. 6,800 words
10. CONSISTING OF ONE SECTION. 8,200 words
11. CONSISTING OF FOUR SECTIONS. 500 words
12. INTRODUCTION. 14,400 words
13. INTRODUCTION. 3,400 words
14. Treatise of the passions. 8,500 words
15. THE END. 10,000 words

Ideas discussed in this book

• Casuistry
• Denotation
• Generosity
• Latin
• Law and order (politics)
• Legal system
• Modern language
• Neologism
• Passions (philosophy)
• Person
• Positive law
• Praise
• The Spectator

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