The Philosopher's Zone 2007-09-28
Sentimentality from Adam Smith to Alfred Hitchcock
In the eighteenth century, the word 'sentimental' didn't mean what we mean; it meant seeing things from somebody else's point of view, which is why there is a line of descent from an eighteenth-century philosopher like Adam Smith to an twentieth-century film maker like Alfred Hitchcock
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