
— Adam Smith, buch Theorie der ethischen Gefühle
Theorie der ethischen Gefühle. Deutsch von Walther Eckstein (1926). Felix Meiner Hamburg 2010 S. 357 books.google http://books.google.de/books?id=YJklX6GnvoYC&pg=PT423
Original engl.: "What is called affection, is in reality nothing but habitual sympathy." - The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), Part VI Section II Chapter I: Of the Order in which Individuals are recommended by Nature to our care and attention. en.wikisource http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/The_Theory_of_Moral_Sentiments/Part_VI
The Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759)