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CHAPTER II.

EMOTIONS OF BEAUTY.

252. Characteristics of emotions of beauty

253. Of what is meant by beautiful objects

254. Of the distinction between beautiful and other objects

255. Grounds or occasions of emotions of beauty various

256. All objects not equally fitted to cause these emotions

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277

257. A susceptibility of emotions of beauty an ultimate principle of our

mental constitution

258. Remarks on the beauty of forms.-The circle

259. Original or intrinsic beauty.-The circle

278

279

. 280

260. Of the beauty of straight and angular forms

ib.

261. Of square, pyramidal, and triangular forms

281

262. Of the original or intrinsic beauty of colours

283

263. Further illustrations of the original beauty of colours

284

264. Of sounds considered as a source of beauty

286

265. Illustrations of the original beauty of sounds

266. Further instances of the original beauty of sounds

287

290

267. The permanency of musical power dependent on its being intrinsic ib.

268. Of motion as an element of beauty

270. Associated beauty implies an antecedent or intrinsic beauty

271. Objects may become beautiful by association merely

272. Further illustrations of associated feelings

273. Instances of national associations

274. The sources of associated beauty coincident with those of human

275. Summary of views in regard to the beautiful

295

297

298

. 299

CHAPTER IV

EMOTIONS OF SUBLIMITY.

276. Connexion between beauty and sublimity

277. The occasions of the emotions of sublimity various

278. Great extent or expansion an occasion of sublimity

279. Great height an element or occasion of sublimity

280. Of depth in connexion with the sublime

281. Of colours in connexion with the sublime

282. Of sounds as furnishing an occasion of sublime emotions

283. Of motion in connexion with the sublime

284. Indications of power accompanied by emotions of the sublime

285. Of the original or primary sublimity of objects

306

307

286. Considerations in proof of the original sublimity of objects.

287 Influence of association on emotions of sublimity

'b.

308

CHAPTER V.

EMOTIONS OF THE LUDICROUS

288. General nature of emo 'ons of the ludicrous

289. Occasions of emotions of the ludicrous

290. Of what is understood by wit

309

310

311

291. Of wit as it consists in burlesque or in debasing objects

292. Of wit when employed in aggrandizing objects

293. Of the character and occasions of humour

294. Of the practical utility of feelings of the ludicrous

314

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CHAPTER VI.

INSTANCES OF OTHER SIMPLE EMOTIONS.

295. Emotions of cheerfulness, joy, and gladness.

296. Emotions of melancholy, sorrow, and grief

297. Emotions of surprise, astonishment, and wonder

298. Emotions of dissatisfaction, displeasure, and disgust

299 Emotions of diffidence, modesty, and shame

300. Emotions of regard, reverence, and adoration

CLASS II.

THE DESIRES.

CHAPTER I.

NATURE OF DESIRES.

301. Of the prevalence of desire in this department of the mind

302. The nature of desires known from consciousness

303. Of the place of desires in relation to other mental states

304 The desires characterized by comparative fixedness and pernia-

nency.

305. Desires always imply an object desired

321

ib.

306. The fulfilment of desires attended with enjoyment

307. Of variations or degrees in the strength of the desires

ib.

325

308. Tendency to excite movement an attribute of desire

309. Classification of this part of the sensibilities

ib

320

310. The principles, based upon desire, susceptible of a twofold op-

eration

327

CHAPTER II.

INSTINCTS.

311. Of instincts in man as compared with those of inferior animals

312. Illustrations of the instincts of brute animals

316 Of the general nature and characteristics of the appetites

317 The appetites necessary to our preservation, and not originally of

a selfish character

318. Of the prevalence and origin of appetites for intoxicating drugs

319. Of the twofold operation and the morality of the appetites

CHAPTER IV.

PROPENSITIES.

320. General remarks on the nature of the propensities

333

321. Principle of self-preservation, or the desire of continued existence 337

322. Of the twofold action of the principle of self-preservation

323. Of curiosity, or the desire of knowledge

325 of the twofold operation and the morality of the principle of curi-

osity

326. Imitativeness, or the propensity to imitation

327 Practical results of he principle of imitation

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328. Of the natural desire of esteem

329. Of the desire of estcem as a rule of conduct.

330. Of the desire of possession

331. Of the moral character of the possessory principle

332. Of perversions of the possessory desire

333. Of the desire of power

234. Of the moral character of the desire of power

335. Propensity of self-love, or the desire of happiness

336. Of selfishness as distinguished from self-love

337. Reference to the opinions of philosophical writers

338. The principle of sociality original in the human mind

339 Evidence of the existence of this principle of sociality

340. Other illustrations of the existence of this principle

341 Relation of the social principle to civil society

CHAPTER V.

THE MALEVOLENT AFFECTIONS.

342. Of the comparative rank of the affections

343. Of the complex nature of the affections

344. Of resentment or anger

345. Illustrations of instinctive resentment

346. Uses and moral character of instinctive resentment

347. Of voluntary in distinction from instinctive resentment

348. Tendency of anger to excess, and the natural checks to it

349. Other reasons for checking and subduing the angry passions

350. Modifications of resentment.

351. Modifications of resentment.

352. Modifications of resentment.

353. Modifications of resentment.

354 Nature of the passion of fear

Peevishness

Envy

Jealousy

Revenge

CHAPTER VI.

THE BENEVOLENT AFFECTIONS.

355. Of the nature of love or benevolence in general

356. Love, in its various forms, characterized by a twofold action

357. Of the parental affection

358. Illustrations of the strength of the parental affection

359. Of the filial affection

363. On the utility of the domestic affections

364. Of the moral character of the domestic affections, and of the be-

nevolent affections generally

380

381

.

365. Of the moral character of the voluntary exercises of the benevo-

lent affections

382

366. Of the connexion between benevolence and rectitude.

367 Of humanity, or the love of the human race.

383

384

368. Further proofs in support of the doctrine of an innate humanity,

or love for the human race

386

369. Proofs of a humane or philanthropic principle from the existence

Section

THE BENEVOLENT AFFECTIONS.

LOVE TO THE SUPREME BEING.

376. Man created originally with the principle of love to God

377. That man was originally created with a principle of love to God,

378. Further proof that man was thus created

further shown from the Scriptures

393

380. The absence of this principle attended with an excessive and sin-
ful action of other principles

379. Relation of the principle of supreme love to God to the other

principles of the pathematic sensibilities

ib

400

381. Further illustrations of the results of the absence of this principle 401

CHAPTER VIII.

THE MORAL SENSIBILITIES OR CONSCIENCE.

MORAL OR CONSCIENTIOUS STATES OF THE MIND.-MORAL SENTIMENTS

CHAPTER I.

EMOTIONS OF MORAL APPROVAL AND DISAPPROVAL.

387. Reference to the general division

413

388. Classification of the moral sensibilities

414

389. Nature of the moral emotions of approval and disapproval

ib.

390. Of the place or position, mentally considered, of the emotions of

approval or disapproval

416

391. Changes in the moral emotions take place in accordance with

changes in the antecedent perceptions

ib.

392 of objects of moral approval and disapproval

418

CHAPTER II.

RELATION OF REASONING TO THE MORAL NATURE

393. Of the doctrine which confounds reasoning and conscience

394. Of the close connexion between conscience and reasoning

395. Illustration of the preceding section

396. Of the training or education of the conscience

397. Of guilt, when a person acts conscientiously

FEELINGS OF MORAL OBLIGATION.

398. Feelings of moral obligation distinct from feelings of moral appro-

val and disapproval

399. Proof of the existence of obligatory feelings from consciousness

400. Further proof from the conduct of men

401. Further proof from language and literature

402. Further proof from the necessity of these feelings

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403. Feelings of obligation simple and not susceptible of definition

404. They are susceptible of different degrees

405. Of their authoritative and enforcing nature

406. Feelings of obligation differ from those of mere approval and dis-

approval

407. Feelings of obligation have particular reference to the future

108. Feelings of obligation subsequent in time to the moral emotions

of approval and disapproval

409. Feelings of obligation differ from desires

410. Further considerations on this subject.

CHAPTER IV

UNIFORMITY OF ACTION IN THE MORAL SENSIBILITIES.

411. Of uniformity in the decisions of the moral nature and the princi

ple on which it is regulated

412. The nature of conscience, considered as a uniform principle of ac-

tion, requires that it should vary in its decisions with circum-

stances

427

428

ib.

429

430

431

432

ib.

413. Diversities in moral decisions dependent on differences in the

amount of knowledge

.

436

416. Further illustrations of the influence of wrong speculative opin-
ions

415 Of diversities and obliquities of moral judgment in connexion
with speculative opinions

414. Of diversities in moral judgment in connexion with differences

in civil and political institutions

117. Influence of early associations on moral judgments

418. Of diversities in the moral judgment in connexion with an excited

state of the passions

420. The mind early occupied either with good or bad principles

121. Of the time when moral instruction ought to commence

122. Of the discouragements attending a process of moral instruction 445

423. Of the importance, in a moral point of view, of adopting correct

speculative opinions

424. Of the knowledge of the Supreme Being, and of the study of re-

ligious truth generally

THE SENSIBILITIES, OR SENSITIVE NATURE.

SENSITIVE STATES OF THE MIND OR SENTIMENTS.

425. Introductory remarks on disordered sensitive action

426. Of what is meant by a disordered and alienated state of the sensi

bilities

427. Of the disordered and alienated action of the appetites

iD.

452