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<head>Deontology Theoretical</head> | |||
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<p><del>Wat</del> Whatsoever be a man's title to esteem, be it<lb/> | |||
legitimate, be it illegitimate, by <del>the</del> <add>whatever</add> display he makes<lb/> | |||
of it, and in proportion to the extent of that display, he<lb/> | |||
produces, in the minds of other men a quality of competition<lb/> | |||
for that same advantage <add>intangible sense of pleasure</add><del>,</del> he produces in proportion<lb/> | |||
to the success of such his display, a portion of uneasiness.<lb/> | |||
Vanity in a word, in <add>this</add> one breast, calls into existence and<lb/> | |||
thus into action the <del><gap/> <gap/></del> emotions — the affections<lb/> | |||
the passions of envy and jealousy, or these others: <add>in <del>the</del></add><lb/> | |||
<add>each such breast,</add> envy, from the pursuance <add>conception</add> <add>notion</add> of <del>that</del> a man's not possessing<lb/> | |||
so great a share, comparison made with that of the vain<lb/> | |||
man, as he could have wished <add>wished for</add>: jealousy, in respect of<lb/> | |||
the fear of not possessing an equal share <add>such p<gap/></add> <add>c<gap/>,</add> <add>absolute</add>, or a share<lb/> | |||
so much superior as he could have wished, in future</p> | |||
<p>In elevated life, the higher a mans station, the<lb/> | |||
less is it apt to excite <del><gap/></del> either envy or jealousy on the part<lb/> | |||
of the subject many. Why? because envy and jealousy<lb/> | |||
can scarcely have place but in so far as competition<lb/> | |||
has place: and the greater the distance between rank and<lb/> | |||
rank, the <del>gr</del> less the room for competition.</p> | |||
<p>At the same time the higher a mans station, the greater<lb/> | |||
the extent to which he is capable of exercising <del><gap/></del> <add>the faculty</add> of beneficence:<lb/> | |||
and <del><gap/></del> in so far as it is by <add>in</add> acts of beneficence<lb/> | |||
that his vanity seeks its gratification, the esteem <add>consciousness or notion of</add> <add>pleasure <unclear>of the former</unclear></add> which<lb/> | |||
he observes by this means serves to counterbalance, and in<lb/> | |||
general to outweigh the <add>any</add> pain <del>or</del> and danger of which the envy<lb/> | |||
and jealousy of others has its source, as well as the pain<lb/> | |||
attached to the envy and jealousy in those breasts in which they <note>respectively have place.</note></p> | |||
1819 Aug. 12
Deontology Theoretical
8
Wat Whatsoever be a man's title to esteem, be it
legitimate, be it illegitimate, by the whatever display he makes
of it, and in proportion to the extent of that display, he
produces, in the minds of other men a quality of competition
for that same advantage intangible sense of pleasure, he produces in proportion
to the success of such his display, a portion of uneasiness.
Vanity in a word, in this one breast, calls into existence and
thus into action the emotions — the affections
the passions of envy and jealousy, or these others: in the
each such breast, envy, from the pursuance conception notion of that a man's not possessing
so great a share, comparison made with that of the vain
man, as he could have wished wished for: jealousy, in respect of
the fear of not possessing an equal share such p c, absolute, or a share
so much superior as he could have wished, in future
In elevated life, the higher a mans station, the
less is it apt to excite either envy or jealousy on the part
of the subject many. Why? because envy and jealousy
can scarcely have place but in so far as competition
has place: and the greater the distance between rank and
rank, the gr less the room for competition.
At the same time the higher a mans station, the greater
the extent to which he is capable of exercising the faculty of beneficence:
and in so far as it is by in acts of beneficence
that his vanity seeks its gratification, the esteem consciousness or notion of pleasure of the former which
he observes by this means serves to counterbalance, and in
general to outweigh the any pain or and danger of which the envy
and jealousy of others has its source, as well as the pain
attached to the envy and jealousy in those breasts in which they respectively have place.
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