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THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY 474525
ASTOR, LENOX AND TIDEN FOUNDATIONS. 1909
Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1840, by THOMAS C. UPHAM,
in the Clerk's office of the District Court of Maine.
CONTENTS.
DIVISION SECOND.
THE SENSIBILITIES.
SENTIENT OR SENSITIVE STATES OF THE MIND.-SENTIMENTS.
INTRODUCTION.
CHAP. I.-RELATION OF THE INTELLECT TO THE SENSIBILITIES.
Section
1. Reference to the general division of the whole mind
2. Difference between intellections or states of the intellect, and
sentiments or states of the sensibility.
3. Action of the sensibilities implies that of the intellect.
4. Importance of the study of the sensibilities
5. Difficulties attending the prosecution of this study
CHAP. II.-CLASSIFICATION OF THE SENSIBILITIES.
6. Natural or pathematic sensibilities and moral
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7. Relation of the natural to the moral sensibilities in time
8. The moral and natural sensibilities have different objects
9. The moral sensibilities higher in rank than the natural
10. The moral sensibilities wanting in brutes
11. Classification of the natural sensibilities
12. Classification of the moral sensibilities
14. The place of emotions, considered in reference to other mental acts 32
15. The character of emotions changes so as to conform to that of per-
ceptions
16. Emotions characterized by rapidity and variety
CHAP. II.-EMOTIONS OF BEAUTY.
17. Characteristics of emotions of beauty
18. Of what is meant by beautiful objects
19. Of the distinction between beautiful and other objects
20. Grounds or occasions of emotions of beauty various
21. Illustrations of the foregoing statement
22. Of the objects in general which excite emotions of beauty
23. All objects not equally fitted to cause these emotions
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24. A susceptibility of emotions of beauty an ultimate principle of our
mental constitution
25. Remarks on the beauty of forms.-The circle
26. Original or intrinsic beauty.-The circle
27. Of the beauty of straight and angular forms
28. Of square, pyramidal, and triangular forms
29. The variety of the sources of that beauty, which is founded on
forms, illustrated from the different styles of architecture. 49
30. Of the original or intrinsic beauty of colours
31. Further illustrations of the original beauty of colours
32. Of sounds considered as a source of beauty
33. Illustrations of the original beauty of sounds
34. Further instances of the original beauty of sounds
35. The permanency of musical power dependant on its being intrinsic 59
36. Of motion as an element of beauty
37. Explanations of the beauty of motion from Kaimes
38. Of intellectual and moral objects as a source of the beautiful
39. Of a distinct sense or faculty of beauty
CHAP. III.-ASSOCIATED BEAUTY.
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40. Associated beauty implies an antecedent or intrinsic beauty
41. Objects may become beautiful by association merely
42. Further illustrations of associated feelings
43. Instances of national associations
44. The sources of associated beauty coincident with those of human
happiness
45. Of fitness considered as an element of associated beauty
46. Of utility as an element of associated beauty
47. Of proportion as an element of associated beauty
48. Relations of emotions of beauty to the fine arts
49. Differences of original susceptibility of this emotion
50. Objection to the doctrine of original beauty
51. Summary of views in regard to the beautiful
52. Of picturesque beauty
53. Connexion between beauty and sublimity
54. The occasions of the emotions of sublimity various
55. Great extent or expansion an occasion of sublimity
56. Great height an element or occasion of sublimity
57. Of depth in connexion with the sublime
58. Of colours in connexion with the sublime
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59. Of sounds as furnishing an occasion of sublime emotions
60. Of motion in connexion with the sublime
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61. Indications of power accompanied by emotions of the sublime
62. Of moral worth in connexion with sublimity
63. Sublime objects have some elements of beauty
65. Of the original or primary sublimity of objects
66. Considerations in proof of the original sublimity of objects
67. Influence of association on emotions of sublimity
68. Further illustrations of sublimity from association
CHAP. V.-NATURE OF INTELLECTUAL TASTE.
69. Definition of taste, and some of its characteristics
70. Distinguishable from mere quickness of feeling or sensibility
71. Of the process involved in the formation of taste
72. Instantaneousness of the decisions of taste
73. Of the permanency of beauty
CHAP. VI.-EMOTIONS OF THE LUDICROUS.
74. General nature of emotions of the ludicrous
75. Occasions of emotions of the ludicrous
76. Of Hobbes's account of the ludicrous
77. Of what is to be understood by wit
78. Of wit as it consists in burlesque or in debasing objects
79. Of wit when employed in aggrandizing objects
80. Of other methods of exciting emotions of the ludicrous
81. Of the character and occasions of humour
82. Of the practical utility of feelings of the ludicrous
CHAP. VII.-INSTANCES OF OTHER SIMPLE EMOTIONS.
83. Emotions of cheerfulness, joy, and gladness
84. Emotions of melancholy, sorrow, and grief.
85. Emotions of surprise, astonishment, and wonder
86. Emotions of dissatisfaction, displeasure, and disgust
87. Emotions of diffidence, modesty, and shame
88. Emotions of regard, reverence, and adoration
89. Of the prevalence of desire in this department of the mind
90. The nature of desires known from consciousness
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91. Of the place of desires in relation to other mental states
92. Of an exception to the foregoing statement .
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93. The desires characterized by comparative fixedness and perma-
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nency
94. Desires always imply an object desired
95. The fulfilment of desires attended with enjoyment
96. Of variations or degrees in the strength of the desires
97. Tendency to excite movement an attribute of desire
98. Classification of this part of the sensibilities
99. The principles, based upon desire, susceptible of a twofold opera-
tion
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100. Of the instincts of man as compared with those of the inferior
animals
101. Of the nature of the instincts of brute animals
102. Instincts susceptible of slight modifications
103. Instances of instincts in the human mind
104. Further instances of instincts in men
105. Of the final cause or use of instincts
CHAP. III-APPETITES.
106. Of the general nature and characteristics of the appetites
107. The appetites necessary to our preservation, and not originally of
a selfish character
108. Of the prevalence and origin of appetites for intoxicating drugs. 128
109. Of occasional desires for action and repose
110. Of the twofold operation and morality of the appetites
CHAP. IV.-PROPENSITIES.
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111. General remarks on the nature of the propensities
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115. Further illustrations of the principle of curiosity
112. Principle of self-preservation, or the desire of continued existence 132
113. Of the twofold action of the principie of self-preservation
114. Of curiosity, or the desire of knowledge
116. Of the twofold operation and the morality of the principle of cu-
riosity
117. Imitativeness, or the propensity to imitation
118. Practical results of the principle of imitation
119. Remarks on the subject of emulation
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120. Emulation resolvable into the principle of imitativeness
121. Of the natural desire of esteem
122. Of the desire of esteem as a rule of conduct
123. Of acquisitiveness, or the desire of possession
124. Of the moral character of the possessory principle
125. Of perversions of the possessory desire
126. Of the desire of power
127. Facts in proof of the natural desire of power
128. Of the moral character of the desire of power
129. Veracity, or the propensity to utter the truth
130. Of the twofold action of the propensity to truth
131. Propensity of self-love, or the desire of happiness.
132. Of selfishness as distinguished from self-love
133. Modifications of selfishness; pride, vanity, and arrogance
134. Reference to the opinions of philosophical writers
CHAP. V.-PROPENSITIES CONTINUED.-SOCIALITY, OR THE DESIRE OF
135. The principle of sociality original in the human mind
136. The principle of sociality not selfish
137. Reference to the doctrine of Hobbes on this subject
138. Remarks on the statements of the preceding section
view that it is necessary to man in his actual situation
139. The doctrine of an original principle of sociality supported by the
140. Of this principle as it exists in the lower animals
141. The existence of the principle shown from the conduct of chil-
dren and youth
142. The same shown from the facts of later life
143. The social principle exists in the enemies of society
144. Proofs of the natural desire of society from the confessions and
conduct of those who have been deprived of it
145. Further proofs and illustrations of the natural origin of the prin-
ciple of sociality.
146. Other illustrations of a similar kind
147. Other instances in illustration of the same subject
148. The subject illustrated from experiments in prison discipline
149. Relation of the social principle to civil society
150. Of the form of desire denominated hope
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