CHA P. V.

Of the amiable and refpectable virtues Page 30

SECTION

II.

Of the degrees of the different paffions which
are confiftent with propriety.

CHA P. I.

37

Of the paffions which take their origin from the

I body

CHA P. II.

38

Of thofe paffions which take their origin from a
I particular turn or habit of the imagination.

SECTION III.

Of the effects of profperity and adversity upon
the judgment of mankind with regard to
the propriety of action; and why it is more
eafy to obtain their approbation in the one
ftate than in the other

3

71
CHAP.

CHAP. I.

That though our fympathy with forrow is gene-
rally a more lively fenfation than our fympathy
with joy, it commonly falls much more short
of the violence of what is felt by the perfon
principally concerned
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CHA P. II.

Of the origin of ambition, and of the diftinction

of ranks

83

CHA P. III.

Of the ftoical philofophy

99

PART II.

Of Merit and Demerit ; or of the
objects of reward and punishment.

SECTION I.

Of the fenfe of merit and demerit

CHA P. I.

109

That whatever appears to be the proper object of
gratitude, appears to deferve reward; and
that, in the fame manner, whatever appears
to be the proper object of refentment, appears
to deferve punishment

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CHAP.

CHAP. II.

Of the proper objects of gratitude and refentment.

:

CHA P. III.

114

That where there is no approbation of the conduct
of the perfon who confers the benefit, there is
little fympathy with the gratitude of him who
receives it and that, on the contrary, where
there is no disapprobation of the motives of the
perfon who does the mischief, there is no fort
of fympathy with the refentment of him who
Suffers it

CHAP. IV.

Recapitulation of the foregoing chapters

CHAP. V.

118

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The analysis of the fenfe of merit and demerit 124

SECTION II.

Of justice and beneficence

CHA P. I.

Comparison of those two virtues

CHA P. II.

132

Of the fenfe of justice, of remorse, and of the

confcioufness of merit

140

CHAP.

CHA P. III.

Of the utility of this conftitution of nature 146

SECTION

III.

Of the influence of fortune upon the fenti-
ments of mankind, with regard to the me-
rit or demerit of actions

161

Of the foundation of our judgments
concerning our own fentiments and
conduct, and of the fenfe of duty.

CHAP I.

Of the consciousness of merited praife or blame 191

CHAP.

CHA P. II..

In what manner our own judgments refer to
what ought to be the judgments of others: and
of the origin of general rules

CHA P. III.

198.

Of the influence and authority of the general rules
of morality, and that they are justly regarded
as the laws of the Deity.

C. HA P. IV.

229

In what cafes the fenfe of duty ought to be the fole
principle of our conduct; and in what cafes it
ought to concur with other motives

247

Of the effect of utility upon the sen-
timents of approbation.

CHA P. I. -

Of the beauty which the appearance of Utility
beftows upon all the productions of art, and of
the extenfive influence of this fpecies of beauty

CHA P. II.

263

Of the beauty which the appearance of Utility be-
flows upon the characters and actions of men; and

bow