An Essay on the History of Civil Society, Eighth Edition

Part 4 — PART IV. Of the Effect of Utility upon the Sentiment of Approbation.

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Chap. I. Of the Beauty which the appearance of Utility bestows upon all the productions of Art, and of the extensive influence of this species of Beauty.

Chap. II. Of the Beauty which the appearance of Utility bestows upon the characters and actions of men; and how far the perception of this beauty may be regarded as one of the original principles of approbation.