"This inmate of the breast, this abstract man, the representative of mankind, and substitute of the Deity, whom nature has constituted the supreme judge of all their actions is seldom appealed to by them."
The Theory of Moral Sentiments [2nd ed.]
9 entries in the ESTC (1761, 1764, 1767, 1774, 1777, 1781, 1790, 1792, 1793, 1797).<br>
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Text from <u>The Theory of Moral Sentiments. By Adam Smith, Professor of Moral Philosophy in the University of Glasgow.</u> 2nd ed. (London: Printed for A. Millar, in the Strand; and A. Kincaid and J. Bell, in Edinburgh, 1761). &lt;<a href="http://estc.bl.uk/T204238">Link to ESTC</a>&gt;&lt;<a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=bZhZAAAAcAAJ">Link to Google Books</a>&gt;<br>
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Reading Adam Smith, <u>The Theory of Moral Sentiments</u>, ed. D.D. Raphael and A.L. Macfie (Indianapolis: Liberty Fund, 1984).