Index
CONTENTS OF VOLUME SECOND.
TREATISE OF HUMAN NATURE.
BOOK II.—OF THE PASSIONS.
PART I.
OF PRIDE AND HUMILITY.
Division of the Subject
Of Pride and Humility, their Objects and Causes
Whence these Objects and Causes are derived
Of the Relations of Impressions and Ideas
Of the Influence of these Relations on Pride and Humility
Limitations of this System
Of Vice and Virtue
Of Beauty and Deformity
Of external Advantages and Disadvantages
Of Property and Riches
Of the Love of Fame
Of Pride and Humility of Animals
PART II.
OF LOVE AND HATRED.
Of the Objects and Causes of Love and Hatred
Experiments to confirm this System
Difficulties solved
Of the Love of Relations
Of our Esteem for the Rich and Powerful
Of Benevolence and Anger
Of Compassion
Of Malice and Envy
Of the mixture of Benevolence and Anger with Compassion and Malice
Of Respect and Contempt
Of the Amorous Passion, or Love betwixt the Sexes
Of Love and Hatred of Animals
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PART III.
OF THE WILL AND DIRECT PASSIONS.
Of Liberty and Necessity
The Same subject continued
Of the Influencing Motives of the Will
Of the Causes of the Violent Passions
Of the Effects of Custom
Of the Influence of the Imagination on the Passions
Of Contiguity and Distance in Space and Time
The same Subject continued
Of the Direct Passions
Of Curiosity, or the Love of Truth
BOOK III.—OF MORALS.
PART I.
OF VIRTUE AND VICE IN GENERAL.
Moral Distinctions not derived from Reason
Moral Distinctions derived from a Moral Sense
PART II.
OF JUSTICE AND INJUSTICE.
Justice, whether a natural or artificial Virtue?
Of the Origin of Justice and Property
Of the Rules which determine Property
Of the Transference of Property by Consent
Of the Obligation of Promises
Some farther Reflections concerning Justice and Injustice
Of the Origin of Government
Of the Source of Allegiance
Of the Measures of Allegiance
Of the Objects of Allegiance
Of the Laws of Nations
Of Chastity and Modesty
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PART III.
OF THE OTHER VIRTUES AND VICES.
Of the Origin of the Natural Virtues and Vices
Of Greatness of Mind
Of Goodness and Benevolence
Of Natural Abilities
Some farther Reflections concerning the Natural Virtues
Conclusion of this Book
DIALOGUES CONCERNING NATURAL RELIGION
Appendix to the Treatise of Human Nature[Pg i]
As all the perceptions of the mind may be divided into impressions and ideas, so the impressions admit of another division into original and secondary. This division of the impressions is the same with that which I formerly made use of[1] when I distinguished them into impressions of sensation and reflection. Original impressions, or impressions of sensation, are such as, without any antecedent perception, arise in the soul, from the constitution of the body, from the animal spirits, or from the application of objects to the external organs. Secondary, or reflective impressions, are such as proceed from some of these original ones, either immediately, or by the interposition of its idea. Of the first kind are all the impressions of the senses, and all bodily pains and pleasures: of the second are the passions, and other emotions resembling them.
'Tis certain that the mind, in its perceptions, must begin somewhere; and that since the impressions precede their correspondent ideas, there must be some impressions, which, without any introduction, make their appearance in the soul. As these depend upon[Pg 4] natural and physical causes, the examination of them would lead me too far from my present subject, into the sciences of anatomy and natural philosophy. For this reason I shall here confine myself to those other impressions, which I have called secondary and reflective, as arising either from the original impressions, or from their ideas. Bodily pains and pleasures are the source of many passions, both when felt and considered by the mind; but arise originally in the soul, or in the body, whichever you please to call it, without any preceding thought or perception. A fit of the gout produces a long train of passions, as grief, hope, fear; but is not derived immediately from any affection or idea.
