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The Theory of Moral Sentiments by Adam Smith Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Glasgow. London: Printed for A. Millar, in the Strand; And A. Kincaid and J. Bell in Edinburgh. MDCCLIX Part I Of the Propriety of Action Consisting of Three Sections Section I Of the Sense of Propriety Chap. I Of Sympathy 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 except the pleasure of seeing it. Of this kind is pity or compassion, the emotion which we feel for the misery of others, when we either see it, or are made to conceive it in a very lively manner. That we often derive sorrow from the sorrow of others, is a matter of fact too obvious to require any instances to prove it; for this sentiment, like all the other original passions of human nature, is by no means confined to the virtuous and humane, though they perhap . . .
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