T 3.3.2.13
SBN 599-600 · cited directly by 1 paper, reached by 2 more through page or section ranges
In general we may observe, that whatever we call heroic virtue, and admire under the character of greatness and elevation of mind, is either nothing but a steady and well-establish'd pride and self-esteem, or partakes largely of that passion. Courage, intrepidity, ambition, love of glory, mag|nanimity, and all the other shining virtues of that kind, have plainly a strong mixture of self-esteem in them, and derive a great part of their merit from that origin. Accordingly we find, that many religious declaimers decry those virtues as purely pagan and natural, and represent to us the excellency of the Christian religion, which places humility in the rank of virtues, and corrects the judgment of the world, and even of philosophers, who so generally admire all the efforts of pride and ambition. Whether this virtue of humility has been rightly understood, I shall not pretend to determine. I am content with the concession, that the world naturally esteems a well-regulated pride, which secretly animates our conduct, without breaking out into such indecent expressions of vanity, as may offend the vanity of others.
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| Garral 2007 | (T 600) T 3.3.2 (3 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …sts while praising the latter as transcendent bearers of "the most sublime kind of merit" (T 600). But beyond the rhe… |
| Spector 1998 | 3.3.2 T 3.3.2 (21 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …Fiction of Self......................................................................123 3.3.2 Skepticism Unleashe… |
| 3.3.2 T 3.3.2 (21 paragraphs) Citation pattern | … tie up our "bundles." (See Annette Baier, "On Heaps and Bundles" op. cit.) 663.2.1. ## 3.3.2 Skepticism Unleashe… | |
| Greco 2015 | T 3.3.2 T 3.3.2 (21 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …cts of each other's moral evaluations, thanks to the principle of sympathy (see T 2.1.11; T 3.3.2). In this case, we … |