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1819 Aug. 11.
Deontology. Theoretical
Theoretical
Pride & Vanity
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To the proud man as such, and to the vain
man as such, esteem is an object of love and relish; consequently
more or less so of desire.
But, in the proud man, as such, this desire
of esteem is accompanied with a contempt for, that
is the absence of esteem — disesteem for, the persons whose esteem
is the object of the desire: which, on the part of the vain
man as such, is not the case.
Bulk for bulk, the value of the object being so
much less in the eyes of the proud man than in those of the vain
man, to obtain a given degree of gratification, the proud
man must regard himself in possession of a quantity
of it greater than what wd. suffice to afford the same
degree of gratification to the vain man.
This being the case, the state of the proud man's
mind is commonly a state of dissatisfaction: a dissatisfaction
which very commonly makes itself manifest
in and by his countenance.
Melancholy, and malevolence, one or both, in more or less proportion may accordingly
be stated as a constant concomitants or accompaniements
of pride: whether in the character of
a causes or in the character of an effects seems not
very easy to distinguish:— probably, very commonly in
both characters.
Hilarity, in a proportion more or less considerable,
is, in the same way, a very frequent, not to say a
constant, accompaniament of vanity: hilarity and not
unfrequently benevolence. From small manifestations of
esteem, vanity, in proportion to its intensity, receives large
gratification: the smaller the more easily had; the more
easily had the more frequently;
and the more frequently
the more frequent
the causes of
exhilaration.
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