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13 Sept 1814
Logic or Ethics Ch Virtue its
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Of this class of secondary virtues the following properties,
[deduced form the relation they bear in to those
of the primary class[ the following may be stated as
the .
1 These are If those of the primary class were not
useful, neither would those of the secondary class be
so useful
2 Their utility consists in their subserviency to
those ends the ends which are the to the same ends as
those of the primary class.
3 With reference then To some party person or other, whether useful or
not to human society upon the whole the tendency of virtues of the
primary class is are are is always in every case in all cases of a useful tendency
4. Of those of the second order secondary class the if in so far as the
tendency is useful it is so no otherwise than
in so far as they tend it is their tendency to be productive of some
one or more of the effects of which it is the tendency
of those of the first class to be productive.
5. Of the existence of their utility has for its
measure the degree in which they promote contribute
or tend to contribute to the advancement of one or
more of those ends which are the ends of the
primary virtues.
After examining the several secondary virtues in
detail return look back and to this statement, to
see whether it does not require correction.
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