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page - Sec. 1. Volition and will different................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
114 - 2. The term will, how used................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
ib. - 3. Its definition................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
115 - 5. Of command, will, and desire................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
117 CHAPTER II. - OF THE INFLUENCE OF INCITEMENTS AND MOTIVES UPON THE WILL................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
119 - Sec. 1. Instinct................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
ib. - 2. Judgment not necessary to instinct................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
ib. - 3. The exercise of judgment distinct from the impulse of appetite................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
121 - 4. Taste and judgment differ................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
122 - 5. Of passion and reason................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
ib. CHAPTER III. - OF OPERATIONS OF MIND WHICH MAY BE CALLED VOLUNTARY................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
126 - Sec. 1. Of attention, deliberation, and resolution................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
ib. - 2. Of genius................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
127 - 3. Deliberation................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
129 - 6. Resolution................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
131 - 7. The virtue and affection of benevolence different................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
132 CHAPTER IV. - COROLLARIES................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
135 - Sec. 1. Of transient and momentary acts of the will................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
ib.
ESSAY III.
OF THE PRINCIPLES OF ACTION.
PART I.
OF THE MECHANICAL PRINCIPLES OF ACTION.
CHAPTER I.- OF THE PRINCIPLES OF ACTION IN GENERAL................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
138 - Sec. 1. Actions of men classified................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
ib. - 2. Knowledge of the principles of action important................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
ib. - 3. Difficulties attending an investigation of the principles of human actions................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
139 - 4. Third cause of the difficulty of tracing the principles of action in man................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
140 CHAPTER II. - OF INSTINCT................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
142 - Sec. 1. Of instinct in man................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
ib. - Sec. 2. Of instinct in inferior animals................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
143 - 3. Some human instincts transitory, others permanent................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
145 - 6. Fourth case in which instinct, probably, is requisite................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
147 - 7. Judgment and. belief influenced, to a certain extent, by instinct................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
148 CHAPTER III. - OF HABIT................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
151 - Sec. 1. Vulgar definition of habit................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
ib. - 2. The art of speaking, the strongest illustration of the force of habit................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
152 PART II.
OF ANIMAL PRINCIPLES OF ACTION.
CHAPTER I.- OF APPETITES................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
154 - Sec. 1. Definition of animal principles of action................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
ib. - 5. The principle of activity belongs to every period of life................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
157 - 7. The government of appetites gives a superiority to man over brute animals................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
159 CHAPTER II. - OF DESIRES................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
160 - Sec. 1. Distinction between appetites and desires twofold................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
ib. - 2. Of esteem and contempt................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
ib. - 5. Such natural desires not selfish principles................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
162 - 6. Our desires auxiliary to the maintenance of morals................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
ib. - 9. Of acquired desires................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
165 CHAPTER III. - OF BENEVOLENT AFFECTION IN GENERAL................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
166 - Sec. 2. Objects of our desires and our affections different................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
167 CHAPTER IV. - OF THE PARTICULAR BENEVOLENT AFFECTIONS................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
171 - Sec. 1. Of natural affection................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
ib. - 2. Duration of parental affection limited in inferior animals; not so in the human species................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
172 - 3. Parental affection the effect of our natural constitution................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
173 - 4. Further uses of parental affection................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
ib.