INDEX.

BELARD, influence of, in the dissemina- | AGENT, moral,-real motives by which ac-
tion of nominalism,
Page 297
tuated,
Page 515
BSENCE, mental, explained,
201 AKENSIDE, quoted, 11, 62, 96, 103, 113,
BSTRACTION, mistakes regarding, detriment- 120, 194, 201, 219, 223, 237, 243, 251,
al to the progress of philosophy, 9, 38
269, 286, 287, 314, 342, 350, 353, 358,
- supposed power of, reduced to 374, 375, 383, 392, 393, 394, 400, 452,
relative suggestion,
335
454, 470, 486, 493, 510, 556, 629, 634,
ABSTRUSENESS of certain discussions, bene- 635
ficial, and how,

258

ALEMBERT, D', quoted,

65, 284

ACTION, the desire of, a distinct emotion of ALISON, Mr. his theory of beauty examin-
the mind,

trated,

error,

442 ed,

370
analysed and illus- ALLITERATION, suggestive influence of, 229

665

443
benevolent ends, for
which implanted,
445
in morals, nature and meaning
of,
486, 492, 497, 529, 548
ACTIONS, Complexity of, a source of moral
495, 549
virtuous, moral equality of, re-
futed,
ADANSON, trivial circumstance by which led
to the study of natural history,
ADDISON, quoted,
224, 611
ADORATION of the Deity, promoted by the
study of intellectual philosophy, 19
640
duty of,
ADULTERY, infamous and sinful nature of,
564
AFFECTION, mental,-precise meaning of the

283

101
AFFECTIONS, benevolent and malevolent,
great ends of,
399, 406
benevolent, happy influence of,
illustrated in the various relations of man,
401, 405
AFFECTION, conjugal,-moral obligation to
hold it sacred,

of others, desire of, discriminat-

instances of,
229, 230
charm of, whence derived,
229
rules for the proper use
230

458

gracious purposes answered by,
AMPLIFICATION, excessive,-system of Dr.
Reid and others charged with,
ANALOGY, pleasure derived from the percep-
tion of, considered,

213

225
See also Resemblance.
ANALYSIS, intellectual, little practised by the
ancients,

2

advantages accruing
to physical science from,

11

perfection of our powers,

origin of, to be found in the im-
28, 65

physical, laws of, equally applica-
ble to mental phenomena,
31, 60

intellectual, definition and laws

564

of,

importance and prospective ad-

vantages of,

62

its influence

whole process of reasoning may

be reduced to,
ANGER, emotion of, analysed,

312

419

benign influence of religion,

beneficial and baneful influence of,

674

in,

ANGER, quickness of, in certain tempers, | AssoCIATION, primary laws of, classified and
accounted for,

ed,

Page 422

excess of, to be studiously avoid-

424

292

ANIMALS, inferior,-indubitable signs of rea-
son exhibited by,
ANNIHILATION of the soul, instinctive and
insuperable aversion to,
438
power of God
adequate to,
649
presumptions a-
gainst, from its own nature, and that of
the Deity,
651, 656
ANTECEDENCE, invariable, the only conceiv-
able definition of power,
ANTICIPATION, disappointment of, a source
of the ridiculous,

illustrated,

Page 222
common theory of, refuted, 253
Hartley's theory of, refuted,

279
influence of, on the moral and
intellectual character,
281
influence of, on our notions of
physical and moral beauty, 365, 371
influence of, in blinding the
mind to moral distinctions, 498, 550
ASTONISHMENT.-See Wonder and Surprise.
ASTRONOMY, of the blind, a sort of Chemis-
try,
7
35 ATHEIST, the, when beyond the reach of ar-
gument,
178
389 ATHENIANS, peculiar associations in which
the intellectual character of, originated,
234
285
666 АтомS, the only real substances existing, 87
APPARITIONS, dread and belief of, whence ATTENTION, supposed intellectual power of,
559 reduced to perception and desire, 197
APPEARANCES, in conduct, to be regarded, ATREUS, sublime exclamation of,
and why,
AUGUSTINE, St. quoted,

ANTITHESIS, pleasure derived from, account-
ed for,

APOLLONIUS, quoted,

derived,

APPETITE, affections of, analysed,

576

106

-, pains of,-subservient to impor-
tant ends,
108
APPROBATION, moral,-fluctuating nature of,
accounted for,
489, 492
an original emotion of

.

547

APPROVABLENESS, the sole test and constitu-

ent of virtue in actions,

487, 547

ARISTOTLE, opinions of regarding associa-
tion, closely allied to those of Mr. Hume,

188
readiness of the mind to submit
283
acquiescence in, when advan-
253

tageous,
of antiquity, influence of, on
the taste and judgment,

283

–, political, rights of, whence de-
607, 608

right of subjects to

219

219

rived,

284

resist,
173 AVARICE, anomalous nature of,
passion of, analysed and illustrat-
ed,
466

608

460

degrading and vicious character of,
468

partial good, to which subservient,
468
AWKWARDNESS,-a source of the ridiculous,
390
AXIOMS, force of, whence derived, 322

ARRIA, sublime devotion of,
ARTICLE, the indefinite,-improperly used
by the Conceptualists,
ARTS, fine, beauty of, on what founded, 358
sublimity of, to what referable,
381
ASSASSIN, the, enduring remorse and fearful
superstitions of,
ASSOCIATION, influence of, in producing ideas
usually referred to simple vision, 183,
185, 186

559

of ideas,-reasons for rejecting
the term, 215, 222, 254, 259, 262, 277,

279

reference to the principles of,
in the works of Aristotle and others,
219
Hume's theory of, stated and
examined,
220
principles of, may be resolved
into the simple circumstance of contiguity
or co-existence,

BACON, Lord, quoted,
BARBAULD, Mrs. quoted,
BARTHELEMI, quoted,

602
385

BARTER, moral obligation resulting from, its
foundation and limits,
BATHOS, characteristics of,
BATHURST's verses to Hobbes, quoted, 64
BEATTIE, Dr. quoted, 227, 342, 421, 441
-'s Hermit, principal charm of, 226
BEAUTY, emotions of, allied to those of vir-
222 tue,

350

Pages 649, 656

BEAUTY, uncertain and contradictory theo- | BODY, the, analogical argument for the soul's
immortality, drawn from, (See also Sub-
stance,)
BOYHOOD, influence of Hope on,
BRAIN, the, substance, configuration, &c. of,
described,

ries of,
Pages 350, 352, 378
immediate emotion of, analysed and
illustrated,
350, 375, 384
influence of fashion, &c. in modify-
ing,
359, 375
feeling of, an emotion and not a
364, 367
original,-probable arguments for,

sensation,

ed,

362, 376

-, arguments against, examin-

365, 376
BEAUTY, emotions of, referable to some pri-
mary mental susceptibility,

377

367

370

Alison's theory of, examined,
principles on which dependent, 371,

436

115

functions of, can never be learn-

BRIBERY, practice of, reprobated,
BROWN'S (Dr. Thomas) Essay on Cause and
Effect, referred to, 35, 41, 43, 63, 265
Observations on

Darwin's Zoonomia, quoted,

378 BRUMPTON, Lord, anecdote of,

300

389

378 BRUTUS, M. unsatisfactory consolation of, in

-, feelings of, not essentially distinct

from those of sublimity,

exile,

380, 384 BRUYERE, La, quoted,

universal, personification of, 556 BULLS, ludicrousness of, explained,
BELIEF in future similarity, an instinctive BURKE, quoted,
tendency,

34, 51, 53
, instinctive, principles of, mistaken
and misrepresented,
77
, some instinctive principles of, es-
sential to any belief whatever,
239
BENEFACTOR, grateful duties of, 601, 602
BENEVOLENCE of the Deity, the great object
of adoration,

151
pious views of, in publish-

cerning,

ing his system,

153
ideal theory of, refuted,
153

52

final, presumption to arrogate the

knowledge of,

59

occasional, system of, refuted, 191
, unnecessary division of, into physi-
cal and efficient,
CAWTHORN, quoted,

193
217

CHANCE, absurdity of attributing creation to,

CHEMISTRY, proper and peculiar ends of, CONFIDENCE essential to lasting friendship,
Page 28
CHEERFULNESS, immediate emotion of, con-
sidered,
341

CHILDHOOD, singular credulity of, accounted
for,

570

Page 599
CONGRUTTY and its opposite, the foundation
of the ludicrous,
38
various species of, classified ano
390

illustrated,

insufficiency of, as a moral test,
510, 513

CICERO, quoted, 39, 217, 223, 242, 428,
503, 506, 592, 597, 618, 619, 658
CIRCUMSTANCES, accidental, notions of beau-CONSCIENCE, distinguished from conscious-
ty influenced by,
70

360

CITIZENSHIP, duties of, their foundation and

ness,

definition and power of, 70
salutary influence of, 233, 396,

406, 503
dreadful and delightful emotions
of, illustrated,
428, 503
CONSCIOUSNESS, not a distinct faculty of the
mind,
Dr. Reid's definition and

67

-, new, advantages to be de-

99 | CONSTITUTION, primary laws of suggestion
modified by the diversity of,

237

206 | COUNTENANCE, beauty of, how far dependent
on association,

363

vacillating principles, on
which conducted generally,
CO-EXISTENCE, virtual, of feelings, explained

and proved,

pleasure
251

mathematical sciences

250, 261, 289 CONTIGUITY, influence of, as a primary sug-
gestive principle,
234, 235
suggestive power of, illustrated
in the feelings of the Crusaders, 235
290 | CONTRACT, moral duties of, their source and
133 extent,
602

various classes of relations
may be reduced to,
290, 311, 315 | COUNTRY, strong and enduring love of, 606
suggestive principle of,
-, duty of defending,
611
examined,
311
-, duty of augmenting the happiness
CONCEPTION, supposed power of, reduced to of,
simple suggestion,
261, 268 COURAGE, virtuous, characteristics of, 661
-, vague use of the word by the CoWLEY, quoted,
Conceptualists,
304 COWPER, quoted, 109, 137, 161, 341, 354,
CONCEPTUALISTS, theory of generalization 430, 441, 675
held by, explained and proved, 301 CREDULITY accounted for without the sup-
theory of, misapprehended, position of any peculiar instinct, 569
303, 309
-, especial, of childhood, reason of,
CONDAMINE, singular savage tribe mention-
ed by,
308 CRITICISM, knowledge of, defined,
CONDILLAC, quoted,
48, 209, 198
-, just, reasons for the paucity of,
, objections to the philosophical
16
theory of,
199, 209, 210 | CROSS-READINGS, source of the ludicrous in,
-, theory of, opposed to that of
390

208 | CRUSADERS, feelings of, illustrative of the
errors of, to what source attri- force of local connexions,
210, 212 | CuDWORTH, quoted,
not chargeable with material-

235

132

, argument of, against the politi-
210 cal origin of virtue,

504

127

460

174

instances of undue simplification | CURTIUS, Q. quoted,
207, 212 | CYPRIAN, quoted,

CONFIDENCE, feeling of, considered,

436 CROUSAZ, De, quoted,