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3 July 1816
Polit. Deontology

§. Influence

So prodigious is the importance of So much depends upon the object as designated by for in the designation of which
this word is employed – so dark nebulous is the ambiguity of the
import attached to this word – that a thorough develo the labour necessary to
the most compleat development exposition of it that can be given words can give of it
will be well paid for by the advantage profit.

☞ After distinguishing influence as that which applies to the
will and that which applies to the understanding – and that the influence here in question
is that which applies
to the will, it is as
follows.

The standard to which the import of it as requires to
be compared is that of the word power.

In the import of the word power are involved two
ideas: the principal one is that of i.e. of
the certainty of the effect to the prediction of which it is directed:
the other is that of the incapacity of effectual resistance
on the part of the subject to on which it is applied exercised. Hence in
so far as the case where the force punishment i.e. eventual fear of punishment is considered as the instrument cause
by which the effect whether it be active or passive obedience
is produced, no determinant limits are considered as applying to the magnitude of that punishment force or
considered as not circumscribed unlimited by any certain limits

1. Where In so far as the word influence is employed the that idea of
that certainty which is considered as having place in the
case where the word power is employed or excluded.

2. So likewise the idea of the unlimitedness of the
punishment the terrific the coercive force.

Irresistible influence With the above exposition how
is the expression and a very common one it is – reconcilable.
Answer. So far as fear of evil is considered in the private cause It The cast of the expression is figurative – hyperbolical
figurative, in respect of apparent self contradictoriness: so far as hope of
good is considered as it operates causes it
of the good.
Thus the influence of
One of Among the most common
applicati subjects in cases in which
it is most frequently
applied is that of the sexual influence – influence exercised by the beauty of the weaker softer over the stronger sex.

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Date_1	1816-07-03	Marginal Summary Numbering
Box	015	Main Headings	deontology
Folio number	062	Info in main headings field	polit. deontology
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