A Treatise on Human Nature, Vol. 2 of 2 (Classic Reprint) - Brossura

Renan, Ernest

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1440079196 ISBN 13: 9781440079191

Casa editrice: Forgotten Books, 2012

Riassunto

Excerpt from Treatise of Morals: And Selections From the Treatise of the Passions

We must therefore make a distinction betwixt the cause and the object of these passions; betwixt that idea which excites them, and that to which they direct their view when excited. Pride and humility, being once raised, immediately turn our attention to ourself, and regard that as their ultimate and final object; but there is something further requisite in order to raise them: something, which is peculiar to one of the pas sions, and produces not both in the very same degree. The first idea that is presented to the mind is that of the cause or productive principle. This excites the pas sion connected with it and that passion, when excited, turns our view to another idea, which is that of self. Here then is a passion placed betwixt two ideas, of which the one produces it, and the other is produced by it. The first idea therefore represents the cause, the second the object of the passion.

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• Editore: Forgotten Books
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1440079196
• ISBN 13: 9781440079191
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 356