T 2.1.11.5
SBN 318 · cited directly by 2 papers, reached by 7 more through page or section ranges
Now 'tis obvious, that nature has preserv'd a great resemblance among all human creatures, and that we never remark any passion or principle in others, of which, in some degree or other, we may not find a parallel in ourselves. The case is the same with the fabric of the mind, as with that of the body. However the parts may differ in shape or size, their structure and composition are in general the same. There is a very remarkable resemblance, which preserves itself amidst all their variety; and this resemblance must very much contribute to make us enter into the sentiments of others, and embrace them with facility and pleasure. Accordingly we find, that where, beside the general resemblance of our natures, there is any peculiar similarity in our manners, or character, or country, or language, it facilitates the sympathy. The stronger the relation is betwixt ourselves and any object, the more easily does the imagination make the transition, and convey to the related idea the vivacity of conception, with which we always form the idea of our own person.
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| Swain 2006 focused | T 2.1.11.5 this paragraph Citation pattern | …. We often do this by imagining what we would think and feel under similar circumstances (T 2.1.11.5; SBN 317). Sympathy… |
| Carlson 2009 | T 2.1.11.5 this paragraph Citation pattern | …d idea the vivacity of conception, with which we always form the idea of our own person. (T 2.1.11.5; SBN 318) Ainslie … |
| T 2.1.11.5 this paragraph Citation pattern | …assions and their expressions, and Hume believes that we all share a common human nature (T 2.1.11.5; SBN 318). The conv… | |
| T 2.1.11.5 this paragraph Citation pattern | …cked out, if based on resemblance. But why would manners, character, country or language (T 2.1.11.5; SBN 318), count as… | |
| T 2.1.11.5 this paragraph Citation pattern | …d idea the vivacity of conception, with which we always form the idea of our own person. (T 2.1.11.5; SBN 318) We are s… | |
| 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… |
| Ainslie 1995 | (T 318) T 2.1.11 (5 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …lance and causation are also suitable, although less efficient, for the vivacity transfer (T 318). Thus parents and c… |
| (T 318) T 2.1.11 (5 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …as do people who resemble one another in "manners, or character, or country, or language" (T 318). Since Hume's sympa… | |
| (T 318) T 2.1.11 (5 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …4 Note that Hume points to a commonality of character as easing sympathetic communication (T 318). - 15 Hume uses 'ch… | |
| 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 318) T 2.1.11 (5 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …cu l i a r s imi lar i ty in our manne r s , or charac t er , or count ry , or l anguage" (T 318) . Hume i n t roduce… | |
| 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… |
| Thiel 2011 | (Treatise, p. 318) T 2.1.11 (5 paragraphs) Citation pattern | … have seen. Moreover, when Hume speaks, for example, of the 'impression or consciousness' (Treatise, p. 318) and the 'immediate … |
| 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 … |