... conclusion, that private vices are public benefits. If the love of magnificence, a taste for the elegant arts and improvements of human life, for whatever is agreeable in dress, furniture, or equipage, for architecture, statuary, painting, and music,... The Theory of Moral Sentiments: Or, An Essay Towards an Analysis of the ... - Page 419by Adam Smith - 1817 - 598 pagesFull view - About this book
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