1. Read.
  2. The Theory of Moral Sentiments
  3. The Theory of Moral Sentiments
  4. Part I
  5. Section III

Section III

Of the Effects of Prosperity and Adversity upon the Judgment of Mankind with regard to the Propriety of Action; and why it is more easy to obtain their Approbation in the one state than in the other

Chapter I

That though our sympathy with sorrow is generally a more lively sensation than our sympathy with joy, it commonly falls much more short of the violence of what is naturally felt by the person principally concerned

Chapter II

Of the origin of Ambition, and of the distinction of Ranks

Chapter III

Of the corruption of our moral sentiments, which is occasioned by this disposition to admire the rich and the great, and the despise or neglect persons of poor and mean condition