T 2.1.11.2
SBN 316-7 · cited directly by 8 papers, reached by 4 more through page or section ranges
No quality of human nature is more remarkable, both in itself and in its consequences, than that propensity we have to sympathize with others, and to receive by communication their inclinations and sentiments, however different from, or even contrary to our own. This is not only conspicuous in children, who implicitly embrace every opinion propos'd to them; but also in men of the greatest judgment and understanding, who find it very difficult to follow their own reason or inclination, in opposition to that of their friends and daily companions. To this principle we ought to ascribe the great uniformity we may observe in the humours and turn of thinking of those of the same nation; and 'tis much more |probable, that this resemblance arises from sympathy, than from any influence of the soil and climate, which, tho' they continue invariably the same, are not able to preserve the character of a nation the same for a century together. A good-natur'd man finds himself in an instant of the same humour with his company; and even the proudest and most surly take a tincture from their countrymen and acquaintance. A chearful countenance infuses a sensible complacency and serenity into my mind; as an angry or sorrowful one throws a sudden damp upon me. Hatred, resentment, esteem, love, courage, mirth and melancholy; all these passions I feel more from communication than from my own natural temper and disposition. So remarkable a phænomenon merits our attention, and must be trac'd up to its first principles.
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| Ashley 1974 focused | (317) T 2.1.11 (3 paragraphs) Quote matched to the Treatise | …on, that 'tis not possible to imagine that any thing can in this particular go beyond it. (317) According to Kemp … |
| Ainslie 1995 | (T 317) T 2.1.11 (3 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …s that "the idea, or rather impression of ourselves is always intimately present with us" (T 317)9 and that this impr… |
| (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 317-318) T 2.1.11 (7 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …uch tha t we au t oma t i ca l l y come to feel wha t o t he r s a round us are fee l ing (T 317-318) . As he says in the… |
| (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. … | |
| Green 1999 focused | (317) T 2.1.11 (3 paragraphs) Checked by model | … gives us so lively a conception of -a s n ssso o sn, t s r ticular go beyond it. (317) As I read it, this… |
| ' (317) T 2.1.11 (3 paragraphs) Quote matched to the Treatise | …aim, that the idea, or rather impression of ourselves is always intimately present with us' (317). One might think th… | |
| Penelhum 2000 focused | T 2. i. 11. 317 T 2.1.11 (3 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …, that 'tis not possible to imagine, that any thing can in this particular go beyond it. (T 2. i. 11. 317) The phenomenon tha… |
| Swain 2006 focused | T 2.1.11.2 this paragraph Citation pattern | …pens us to the sufferings and happiness of others and gives us a lively concern for them (T 2.1.11.2; SBN 316). But symp… |
| Hatfield 2009 | (Treatise,
317) T 2.1.11 (3 paragraphs) Citation pattern | … which Hume affirms that 'the impression of ourselves is always intimately present to us' (Treatise, 317), seemingly contradi… |
| Thiel 2011 | (Treatise, p. 317) T 2.1.11 (3 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …n, that 'tis not possible to imagine, that any thing can in this particular go beyond it' (Treatise, p. 317). Referring explicit… |
| Henderson 1990 | (T 317-18) T 2.1.11 (7 paragraphs) Citation pattern | … in ourselves. The case is the same with the fabric of the mind, as with that ofthe body. (T 317-18) When Hume writes t… |
| 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… |
| Mcintyre 2009 | T 2.1.11.2-8 T 2.1.11 (7 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …, the operation of sympathy allows us to share (and thus to know) the feelings of others (T 2.1.11.2-8). The basic functio… |
| 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 … |