An ethical treatise on the passions : founded on the principles investigated in the Philosophical treatise / by T. Cogan.

  • Thomas Cogan
Date:
1807-1810
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    nature pernicious, and ought at all times to bfc Buppresi^ed ; some, which are uniformly beneficial, and ought at all times to be respected and prac- tised. These are immutable in their iiature and effects ; over which neither difference of sex, peri- ods of life, peculiarities of temperament, custom, fashion, or any other incidental circumstances, are considered as an excuse for a different line of conduct. They are, by universal consent, distin- guished by the appellations of Virtue and Vice. To these our attention is now to be directed. The passions and affections of the mind have been classed by us, under two general heads. They were distinguished into those which are of a selfish^ and those which are of a social nature.* The conduct, over which the passions and affec- tions have so great an influence, and which is so powerfully productive of well-being, or the re^^ verse, is in like manner to be contemplated under these distinct heads. Such conduct may relate to the selfish, or to the social principle. It may pri- marily, or solely, belong to what is of the greatest benefit or in]<iry to ourselves, in our individual capacity; or it may respect our social intercourse, and relate to the beneficial offices we are able to perform, in the various relations of life; or to the *See Phil: Treat,