About This Book
'How selfish soever man may be supposed, there are evidently some principles in his nature, which interest him in the fortune of others, and render their happiness necessary to him, though he derives nothing from it except the pleasure of seeing it.' So begins The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759),...
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12h 19m
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180 WPM
8h 52m
average reader
250 WPM
6h 20m
fast reader
350 WPM
π 133,100 wordsπ
18 days at 30 min/day
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