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16: Admirers of Wisdom and Virtue
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"This disposition to admire, and almost to worship, the rich and the powerful, and to despise, or, at least, to neglect persons of poor and mean condition... is... the great and most universal cause of the corruption of our moral sentiments. That wealth and greatness are often regarded with the respect and admiration which are due only to wisdom and virtue; and that the contempt, of which vice and folly are the only proper objects, is often most unjustly bestowed upon poverty and weakness, has been the complaint of moralists in all ages..."
This week, I’m reading a quote from The Theory of Moral Sentiments by Adam Smith. Published in 1759.
Reflection question:
How are you reminding yourself, as you lift up the neglected and the vulnerable, that you are taking the road of character of wisdom, virtue, and justice?
To read: The Theory of Moral Sentiments by Adam Smith.
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