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Click on the phrases to see them in context. The original texts by Immanuel Kant and David Hume are available from the Gutenberg Projet.
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There is only one substance, says he, in the world; and that substance is perfectly simple and indivisible, and exists every where, without any local presence. Now since every quality in ourselves or others, which gives pleasure, always causes pride or love; as every one, that produces uneasiness, excites humility or hatred: It follows, that these two particulars are to be considered as equivalent, with regard to our mental qualities, virtue and the power of producing love or pride, vice and the power of producing humility or hatred. We enter into his interest by the force of imagination, and feel the same satisfaction, that the objects naturally occasion in him. If you consider rightly of the matter, you will find yourself in the same difficulty as at the beginning. This is the reason why pride or humility is not transfused into love or hatred with the same ease, that the latter passions are changed into the former. First, Certain causes, such as gravity, solidity, a cubical figure, &c.