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CHAP. I. That though our Sympathy with jorrow is
generally a more lively fenfation than our sympathy with
joy, it commonly falls much more fhort of the violence of
what is naturally felt by the perfon principally concerned.
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120
CHAP. II. Of the origin of Ambition, and of the dif
tinction of Ranks.
CHAP. III. Of the corruption of our moral fentiments,
which is occafioned by this difpofition to admire the rich
and the great, and to defpife or neglect persons of poor
and mean condition.
146
CHAP. I. That whatever appears to be the proper ob-
ject of gratitude appears to deferve reward; and that,
in the fame manner, whatever appears to be the proper
object of refentment, appears to deserve punishment.
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167
CHAP. II. Of the proper objects of gratitude and re-
fentment.
CHAP. III. That where there is no approbation of the
conduct of the person who confers the benefit, there is
little fympathy with the gratitude of him who receives
it: and that, on the contrary, where there is no disap-
probation of the motives of the person who does the mis-
chief, there is no fort of Sympathy with the resentment
of him who fuffers it.
CHAP. IV. Recapitulation of the foregoing Chapters.
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178
CHAP. V. The analysis of the fenfe of Merit and De-
merit.
181
SECTION II.
Of Justice and Beneficence.
193
ibid.
CHAP. I. Comparison of those two virtues.
CHAP. II. Of the fenfe of Justice, of Remorse, and of
the confcioufness of Merit.
204
CHAP. III. Of the utility of this conftitution of Na-
ture.
213
SECTION III.
Of the Influence of Fortune upon the Senti-
ments of Mankind, with regard to the Merit
or Demerit of Actions.
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CHAP. I. Of the causes of this Influence of Fortune.
234
CHAP. II. Of the extent of this Influence of Fortune.
243
CHAP. III. Of the final caufe of this Irregularity of
Sentiments.
264
PART III.
Of the Foundation of our Judgments con-
cerning our own Sentiments and Con-
duct, and of the Senfe of Duty.
CHAP. I. Of the Principle of Self-approbation and
of Self-difapprobation.
275
CHAP. II. Of the love of Praife, and of that of Praife-
worthiness; and of the dread of Blame, and of that
of Blame-worthiness. Page 284
CHAP. III. Of the Influence and Authority of Confcience.
331
CHAP. IV. Of the Nature of Self-deceit, and of the
Origin and Ufe of general Rules. 388
CHAP. V. Of the influence and authority of the ge-
neral Rules of Morality, and that they are justly re-
garded as the Laws of the Deity.
402
CHAP. VI. In what cafes the Senfe of Duty ought to be
the fole principle of our conduct; and in what cafes it
ught to concur with other motives.
428
PART IV.
Of the EFFECT of UTILITY upon the
Sentiment of Approbation.
CHAP. I. Of the beauty which the appearance of
UTILITY bestows upon all the productions of Art, and
of the extenfive influence of this fpecies of Beauty. 451
CHAP. II. Of the beauty which the appearance of Uti-
lity beflows upon the characters and actions of men ;
and how far the perception of this beauty may be re-
garded as one of the original principles of appro-
bation.