# Mr. Addison — The Theory of Moral Sentiments character guide

> Mr. Addison in The Theory of Moral Sentiments by Adam Smith.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the amiable Mr. Addison

**First appearance:** 0048-i-of-the-influence-of-custom-and-fashion-upon-our-notions-of-beauty-and-deformity

## Who they are

English essayist and poet cited on moral sentiments.

## In the story

### [I: Of the Influence of Custom and Fashion Upon Our Notions of Beauty and Deformity](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/the_theory_of_moral_sentiments_se/chapters/i-of-the-influence-of-custom-and-fashion-upon-our-notions-of-beauty-and-deformity)

His correct but often tedious and prosaic languor is noted as no longer being imitated, replaced by Pope's style.

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