Adam Smith Quote

Though our brother is on the rack, as long as we ourselves are at our ease, our senses will never inform us of what he suffers…It is by imagination that we can form any conception of what are his sensations.


Theory of Moral Sentiments (2nd ed., 1762) p. 2


Though our brother is on the rack, as long as we ourselves are at our ease, our senses will never inform us of what he suffers…It is by imagination ...

Though our brother is on the rack, as long as we ourselves are at our ease, our senses will never inform us of what he suffers…It is by imagination ...

Though our brother is on the rack, as long as we ourselves are at our ease, our senses will never inform us of what he suffers…It is by imagination ...

Though our brother is on the rack, as long as we ourselves are at our ease, our senses will never inform us of what he suffers…It is by imagination ...