The man of system is apt to be very wise in his own conceit. In the great chess board of human society, every single piece has a principle of motion of its own altogether different from that which the legislature might choose to impress upon it


The Theory of Moral Sentiments... To which is Added, A Dissertation on the Origin of Languages... The Ninth Edition, Etc (ed. 1801)


The man of system is apt to be very wise in his own conceit. In the great chess board of human society, every single piece has a principle of motion...

The man of system is apt to be very wise in his own conceit. In the great chess board of human society, every single piece has a principle of motion...

The man of system is apt to be very wise in his own conceit. In the great chess board of human society, every single piece has a principle of motion...

The man of system is apt to be very wise in his own conceit. In the great chess board of human society, every single piece has a principle of motion...