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MORAL

P H, 1 L O S O P

"'O"gy,

To conelude: As God i. rhe parent .nd

'head of rhe foeial fy{lem; a. he ha. form:d us for • fo–

ci,al {lare; as by one we 60d the bel! feeurity againl\

the iJl. of JiCe, and in the orhu enjoy iu grearen eom–

(ons;

and

as,

means

of bmh, our

nature attains

highelt improvetnent Ind perfeétion; and moreovcr, as

Ihere are pu:'lie bleffings and erimes iD whieh wealllhare

in fome degr«, and publie

w.nr

••nd dange" to whieh

all

i.rc

expofed;

is thercfore evideot, that the various

and folemo oflice. of publie religion, are du.ies

indif.

penfable moral obligaríon .. among Ihe ben eemenlS of fo–

ciety, 'the 6rmeU prop of Il!"ernment, aod the fairel! or–

o.menl of both.

Oí

Praaieal Ethie.,

Ihe

Culture

oí Ih.

MiDd.

gery, \Vhieh the minu eompouod., di,'idc., ond mould.

io.o a

thouf.od

forms, iD Ihe abfenee

thofe objea.

:-vhieh 6r

iotroduced ir. And thi. more complieated

.m.gery fuggell. a nelV train

defire. aod aff'eaioos¡ full

fprighdy aod eogagiog as aoy \Vhieh have yet appeared:

Thi. \Vhole

cl.fs

of pereeptions or impreffioo, i. referred

to the imaginadon, and fornu an higher ulte than the

fenfible, anti which has

immediate and

m'ghty

¡nlluence

thl!

hnerpaffions

aure.uure, aOO is commonly

termo

ed a

Ine

lajl••

-The objeas IVhieh eorrefpond to Ihi. tane we ufe to

call bcautiCuI. harruonious, great, or

wODderfuJ,

or,

general,

,he oalOe of

beallll'

The mind nill pulhing

onw.rd

., and ioereafiog irs Cloek

of ideas, a(cead. from .hofe

an higher (peeies of ob-

W. have now gono through a pRrtieular detail of the jeas,

viz,

the order alld mutual relation. of minds to

rever.1 dudes we owe tooourfelves, to rociety. and

God.

e_aeh

other, their reciprocal aíFeétions, charaéters, ..étions,

eonfidering Ihe 6rrt order

0(.

dutios, we

j~n

lOuehed aod v.riou••fpea., lo thefe it difeovers a beaD'y, a

on Ihe method. of ,c'Iuiring ,he difIúent kiod.

good. grandeur, a decorum more ioterefling aod aUurio& thao

wbich we

are

led by nature to purfue; only we left the in .ny of the former kiod., Thefe objefts, or the i–

coofideration of the method of aeqoirinll the mon

good. mage. of them, paffing in review before ,he miorl, do, by

of Ihe miod

a feaion by itf'lf, b.eaufe of i.. flogul.r a oeerlfary law of our nalure, eaU fOffh .oorher aod

importance. This fe!tion, then,

"iIl

cODtain.a

brief

enu· nobler fet of aíFc:étions, as admir;uion, efieem,

10ft,

meration

o( the ans of acquiring vinuous habiu, and of honour,

gratitude,

bene'folence, ami other, of the like

tradicating .¡tious ones, as fu as is conGJlent

with

(he tribe. Thi,

clafs

of perception" and their correfpondent

brevity of fueh a

w~rk;

• fubjea of Ihe "tato{l diflieuhy aff'eftioDs, we refer, bccaufe oflheir objeas (manner.,)

as.

well as importance in mofals;

wbich, neverthtlef"

a moral

fenCe

and call

the

tafle

or temper

they

excite,

Ihe

le.CI

attentioo ha. beeo geoerally gi••n by

mor~1

wri-

moral:

anp 'he objea. whieh are agree.ble, to this u{le

ter., erpeciaUy Ihofe of a modern date, Thi.

will

proper· or temper we deoominate by the general

o.me

oC 1/Iora/

,Iy

follow a detail of dUly, as it will direa u, to fueh

heaUfJ

in order to dininguilh it from the olher, whieh i.

mean, or helps as are

moa

neeetrary and

conducive to termed

rralural.

tbe p..a ice of it.

Thefe diff':rent fet'

ideas or images are the olaterial.

In the 6rCl par! of .hi. inquiry we traced ,lie order io abo"t \Vhieh lhe miod employs i.relf; whieh it bleod.,

wbieh Ihe paffion, /hOOt up in the dilfereni periods of nnc"" and,diver6fieo ten thoufand dilf<reot u'.Y"

human life. That order is

001

.ccidental, nor dependent feel. a {lrong propenGon ' o eonnoeft .nd arrociate thofe

the caprice of meo, or the ¡nfluence of

euflom

"nd e- ideás

among

which

it obferves any fimiJitude,

30yap.

ducatic;m; but arifes from the original

conllitQ(ion

and

titude,

wherner origina.l

and

natura l,

or cuttomary

and

laws of

OUT

nature;

which this

¡,

one,

viz l

That ahificial, to fuggeCl e3eh other. See

METAPHYSICS .

{onfible objeas make Ihe firCl and Uroogel! impreÍlioos

But whatever the re.fon. are, wherher fimilitude, eo'–

the

mind." TheCc,

nlean, of OUT outward

organ!, cxifience,

cafuality, ar any other aptitude or reJation,

being

conveyed to the

mind,

become objetls

its alten..

why

any

two

or more ideas are

conneéted

the

mind at

tion .

which it rcfle(ts when

the

out ward objcéts

are

ÚTil.

el1abJifhed law of

Ollr

nature,

That when

no looger prefent, or, in other words, wheo the

jmpref~

l'ltwo or

more

ideas

have

Orten

Oaned

company, they

fions "pon th. outward organ. «afe, Tbefe objea. of form fa {lrong an uoion, that it is very diflieul, cv<r after

the

mind's refteétlon ª"re caBed

¡¿(Olor

¡motu.

Towards

to fep;u :1te tfiem ." Thus the lover

cacnot

f~paratc

the

tbefe,

another

jaw of

our

nature,

we ..

re not

aho6e~

idea of

",erit

f,-om his

miflrefs;

the

courtie( that of

ther iDrliff'erent; but eorrefpondeot movemeots of deGre dieniry from his title or ribbon; the mifer that of h'ppi–

or avertioo: lave

or hatred,

arife, according

the abjeé'b ncfs fl'om his bags .-It

theCe acrociations of

\'Jorth

of whieh theyare image. or copies made an . greeable happinef. with aoy fel ofobjensor io>aCe. that forOl o"r

or difagreeable impreffioD

ourorgan., Thofe ideas and ulte or eomplex idea of good, By ano.her lalV of our

afTca ions which

experience

the fidl

period

life. nature.

f .

our

afFc.:ltions

follow and

are

gaverocd

tbis

we refer

the

body,

feoCe; and the

uOe which

talle; and to thefe affl!tlions our charaéte r

and

conduét.

formed

rowar~5

rhtm,

caJl a

fonjió'(,

tnerdJ

ardimiJar and proportioncd,

fhe

generAl

tellar of which.

'JIIlural

une;

and rhe abjeéts correfpaoding to them

in Qur happineCs

princip:lIly

dcpcnds. "

gt-neral caH

go.d

plraf4nt ,

As .H o",

le.di

ng p.ffions, theo, dcp<nd

,he diree-

Eur, as

fhem ind moves forV/ard initsconrfe,

ir extend,

tion

which

our-talte

takes.

and as

is ;.dways of the

(ame

its

views,

and

receives

a new and

more

complex

Cet of

Orain

Wilh OU(

lc;tding

aílociations, it

wonh while to

ideas, in which it ob(c:rvcs unifarmity.

variel)',

(jmilirude, inquirc a Jiule ·more

panicul.ul

ha",

thcre

are Cormed,

f}.,me,ry

of parts, reCereoce to

entl, . npvelty, gra n· in

orcier

to dele8

the

fecret Cources from whence

our

deur. Thcfe compofe a ..

train and diverfiry

im., paffion. t!::rive their prineipalllrengll,l, ,heir ..rious rif••

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