T 3.3.3.9
SBN 606 · cited directly by 1 paper, reached by 2 more through page or section ranges
Even when the vice of inhumanity rises not to this extreme degree, our sentiments concerning it are very much influenc'd by reflections on the harm that results from it. And we may observe in general, that if we can find any quality in a person, which renders him incommodious to those, who live and converse with him, we always allow it to be a fault or blemish, without any farther examination. On the other hand, when we enumerate the good qualities of any person, we always mention those parts of his character, which render him a safe companion, an easy friend, a gentle master, an agreeable husband, or an indulgent father. We consider him with all his relations in society; and love or hate him, according as he affects those, who have any immediate intercourse with him. And 'tis a most certain rule, that if there be no relation of life, in which I cou'd not wish to stand to a particular person, his character must so far be allow'd to be perfect. If he be as little wanting to himself as to others, his character is entirely perfect. This is the ultimate test of merit and virtue.
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| Ainslie 2003 | T 3.3.3.9 this paragraph Citation pattern | …. If he be as little wanting to himself as to others, his character is entirely perfect' (T 3.3.3.9, SBN 606). - 13 Suc… |
| Spector 1998 | 3.3.3 T 3.3.3 (9 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …kepticism Unleashed................................................................. 129 3.3.3 A Crisis of Method … |
| 3.3.3 T 3.3.3 (9 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …os, CA: William Kaufmann, Inc., in cooperation with Bryn Mawr College Library, 1981). ## 3.3.3 A Crisis of Method … | |
| 3.3.3 T 3.3.3 (9 paragraphs) Citation pattern | … relation to others. 6In particular, see THN 1.4.7.1, pp. 263-264, which is discussed in 3.3.3. Thus, in addition… | |
| Garral 2007 | (T 606-614) T 3.3.3.8 to T 3.3.5.2 (19 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …alent and virtue elicit more or less the same sympathetic moral feelings in the spectator (T 606-614); second, that there… |