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BERGES, S. S., Sophie de Grouchy's Letters on Sympathy. A Critical Engagement with Adam Smith's The Theory of Moral Sentiments. Oxford University Press, 2019. 208p. Paperback. Series: Oxford New Histories of Philosophy. Berges and Schliesser also include a fascinating and helpful review of Grouchy's aesthetics, including her account of how our tendency to sympathize with charismatic or beautiful speakers causes us to fall under the spell of bad actors. Domination and demagoguery have never felt like more timely topics, and Berges and Schliesser's succinct but well-considered analysis shows that Grouchy's work is a fertile source for philosophers interested in questions about the affective underpinnings of liberty and of social epistemic vice. Olivia Bailey, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews |a 26/06/2020 (Publisher's information). € 38.71 (New) (approx. delivery time: 4 weeks) ISBN: 9780190637095