This book discusses "Corinthian foliage" adorning pillars whose height consists of ten diameters to suggest that "established custom" is the only reason why there should not be five hundred other orders of architecture.
This book discusses "Corinthian foliage" adorning pillars whose height consists of ten diameters to suggest that "established custom" is the only reason why there should not be five hundred other orders of architecture. It uses the legend of a monk telling Joanna of Castile how to revive her dead king as an example of "fruitless hopes" preventing people from returning to "natural tranquility." In discussing a planned "civil society," it warns against the "Man of System," who builds society akin to placing pieces on a chessboard. This book contrasts voluntary beneficence with enforced justice in a section that also compares human sympathy to an "impartial spectator" observing one's behavior in the mind. Largely presenting a systematic theory of humanity's nature, much of it was inspired by the author's teacher Francis Hutcheson. For 10 points, name this book on ethics by Adam Smith.
This book discusses "Corinthian foliage" adorning pillars whose height consists of ten diameters to suggest that "established custom" is the only reason why there should not be five hundred other orders of architecture.
The Theory of Moral Sentiments