T 3.3.2.14
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The merit of pride or self-esteem is deriv'd from two circumstances, viz. its utility and its agreeableness to ourselves; by which it capacitates us for business, and, at the same time, gives us an immediate satisfaction. When it goes beyond its just bounds, it loses the first advantage, and even becomes prejudicial; which is the reason why we condemn an extravagant pride and ambition, however regulated by the decorums of good-breeding and politeness. But as such a passion is still agreeable, and conveys an elevated and sublime sensation to the person, who is actuated by it, the sympathy with that satisfaction diminishes considerably the blame, which naturally attends its dangerous influence on ourhis conduct and behaviour. Accordingly we may observe, that an excessive courage and magnanimity, especially when it displays itself under the frowns of fortune, contributes, in a great measure, to the character of a hero, and will render a person the admiration of posterity; at the same time, that it ruins his affairs, and leads him into dangers and difficulties, with which otherwise he wou'd never have been acquainted.
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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 … |