T 3.3.4.14
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Before I leave this subject of natural abilities, I must observe, that, perhaps, one source of the esteem and affection, which attends them, is deriv'd from the importance and weight, which they bestow on the person possess'd of them. He becomes of greater consequence in life. His resolutions and actions affect a greater number of his fellow-creatures. Both his friendship and enmity are of moment. And 'tis easy to observe, that whoever is elevated, after this manner, above the rest of mankind, must excite in us the sentiments of esteem and approbation. Whatever is important engages our attention, fixes our thought, and is contemplated with satisfaction. The histories of kingdoms are more interesting than domestic stories: The histories of great empires more than those of small cities and principalities: And the histories of wars and revolutions more than those of peace and order. We sympathize with the persons that suffer, in all the various sentiments which belong to their fortunes. The mind is occupied by the multitude of the objects, and by the strong passions, that display themselves. And this occupation or agitation of the mind is commonly agreeable and amusing. The same theory accounts for the esteem and regard we pay to men of extraordinary parts and abilities. The good and |ill of multitudes are connected with their actions. Whatever they undertake is important, and challenges our attention. Nothing is to be over-look'd and despis'd, that regards them. And where any person can excite these sentiments, he soon acquires our esteem; unless other circumstances of his character render him odious and disagreeable.
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| Ainslie 1999 | (T 471, 472, 475, 614, 617) T 3.1.2.2 to T 3.3.5.6 (12 paragraphs) Citation pattern | … 579, 58a, 587, 59 ~ 591, 598, 6o6, 618), "persons" (T 575, 581, 582, 584, 592), "acUons" (T 471, 472, 475, 614, 617). We can conc l ude… |
| 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… |
| Greco 2015 | T 3.3.4-5 T 3.3.4.1 to T 3.3.5.6 (21 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …n Book 3 of the Treatise and in the Enquiry concerning the Principles of Morals (see esp. T 3.3.4-5; EPM 6-8), one clea… |