Map · Book 2: Of the Passions · Part 1: Of Pride and Humility · T 2.1.11 Of the love of fame
T 2.1.11.1
SBN 316 · cited directly by 3 papers, reached by 2 more through page or section ranges
BUT beside these original causes of pride and humility, there is a secondary one in the opinions of others, which has an equal influence on the affections. Our reputation, our character, our name are considerations of vast weight and importance; and even the other causes of pride; virtue, beauty and riches; have little influence, when not seconded by the opinions and sentiments of others. In order to account for this phænomenon 'twill be necessary to take some compass, and first explain the nature of sympathy.
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3 of 5 papers cite this paragraph directly; the rest reach it through a page or section range. Snippets are the words around each citation.
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| Ainslie 1995 | (T 316) T 2.1.10.12 to T 2.1.11.2 (3 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …us...to others" [T 292]) so that it can, through the mechanism of sympathy, be "seconded" (T 316) or supported by oth… |
| (T 316-17) T 2.1.10.12 to T 2.1.11.4 (5 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …forms of government in determining national character in his first treatment of the issue (T 316-17). And in the History… | |
| Ainslie 1999 | (T 316) T 2.1.10.12 to T 2.1.11.2 (3 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …be sus t a ined only if it is "seconded by the sen t imen t s and op i n i ons of others" (T 316) t hrough sympathy. … |
| Ware 2014 | 2.1.11.1 this paragraph Citation pattern | …ature, we cannot sustain a conception of someone that is not "seconded" by others (ibid.: 2.1.11.1; SBN 316). Note tha… |
| Penelhum 1992 | Treatise 2.1.11 T 2.1.11 (21 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …g for my concern for others. This of course is true; but when Hume first introduces it in Treatise 2.1.11, he uses it as a "s… |
| Greco 2015 | T 2.1.11 T 2.1.11 (21 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …ecome objects of each other's moral evaluations, thanks to the principle of sympathy (see T 2.1.11; T 3.3.2). In this … |