T 2.1.6.4
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II. The second limitation is, that the agreeable or disagreeable object be not only closely related, but also peculiar to ourselves, or at least common to us with a few persons. 'Tis a quality observable in human nature, and which we shall endeavour to explain afterwards, that every thing, which is often presented, and to which we have been long accustom'd, loses its value in our eyes, and is in a little time despis'd and neglected. We likewise judge of objects more from comparison than from their real and intrinsic merit; and where we cannot by some contrast enhance their value, we are apt to overlook even what is essentially good in them. These qualities of the mind have an effect upon joy as well as pride; and 'tis remarkable, that goods, which are common to all mankind, and have become familiar to us by custom, give us little satisfaction; tho' perhaps of a more excellent kind, than those on which, for their singu|larity, we set a much higher value. But tho' this circumstance operates on both these passions, it has a much greater influence on vanity. We are rejoic'd for many goods, which, on account of their frequency, give us onno pride. Health, when it returns after a long absence, affords us a very sensible satisfaction; but is seldom regarded as a subject of vanity, because 'tis shar'd with such vast numbers.
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| Henderson 1990 | (T 291) T 2.1.6 (4 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …re is not only a relation requir'd, but a close one, and a closer than is requir'd to joy (T 291). Hume is distinguis… |
| (T 292) T 2.1.6 (4 paragraphs) Citation pattern | … ourselves more happy, as well as more virtuous or beautiful, when we appear so to others (T 292). We shall shortly e… | |
| GalIagher 1992 | " (291) T 2.1.6 (4 paragraphs) Checked by model | …e speaks of a "disposition of the mind" towards pride (287), and of "qualities of the mind" (291), and of a relative … |
| Penelhum 1992 | (T 292) T 2.1.6 (4 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …oy has only one [sic] object necessary to its production, viz. that which gives pleasure. (T 292) This suggests a di… |
| Ainslie 1995 | (T 291) T 2.1.6 (4 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …rative; their causes must be "peculiar to us, or at least common to us with a few people" (T 291). Thus the imaginati… |
| (T 292-93) T 2.1.6 (6 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …e born (T 548, 555); nations thus satisfy Hume's fourth limitation to the causes of pride (T 292-93). Nationality is not… | |
| Ainslie 1999 | II.i.6 T 2.1.6 (11 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …ome fur t he r qual ificat ions, not ably in the Sect ion "Limi tat ions of this System" (II.i.6), where he says tha… |
| (T 291, 293) T 2.1.6 (7 paragraphs) Citation pattern | … "closely connec t ed" and compa r ab l e in dur a t i on to the obj ec t of the pass ion (T 291, 293). Wha t makes these … | |
| (T 291) T 2.1.6 (4 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …se tha t are "pecul i ar to ourselves , or at leas t common to us wi th a few pe r sons " (T 291). Hume ' s po i n t … | |
| Penelhum 2000 focused | T II. i. 6. 292 T 2.1.6 (4 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …ct of pride is something the passion produces. But let us now look at another passage, at T II. i. 6. 292, where Hume explain… |
| T II. i. 6. 292 T 2.1.6 (4 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …ward a con templation of the self by the stimulus of that phenomenon. As the statement at T II. i. 6. 292 indicates, he is fu… | |
| Ware 2014 | 2.1.6 T 2.1.6 (11 paragraphs) Citation pattern | … of her or him as defined by that feature. Hume puts various "limitations" (Hume 1739-40: 2.1.6; SBN 290-94) on the… |