登陆注册
5185000000015

第15章 OF THE INTERIOR BEGINNINGS OF VOLUNTARY MOTIONS(3)

Pusillanimity in the same,wretchedness,miserableness,or parsimony,as it is liked,or disliked.

Love of persons for society,kindness.

Love of persons for pleasing the sense only,natural lust.

Love of the same acquired from rumination,that is,imagination of pleasure past,luxury.

Love of one singularly,with desire to be singularly beloved,the passion of love.The same,with fear that the love is not mutual,jealousy.

Desire by doing hurt to another to make him condemn some fact of his own,revengefulness.

Desire to know why,and how,curiosity;such as is in no living creature but man:so that man is distinguished,not only by his reason,but also by this singular passion from other animals;in whom the appetite of food,and other pleasures of sense,by predominance,take away the care of knowing causes;which is a lust of the mind,that by a perseverance of delight in the continual and indefatigable generation of knowledge,exceedeth the short vehemence of any carnal pleasure.

Fear of power invisible,feigned by the mind,or imagined from tales publicly allowed,religion;not allowed,superstition.And when the power imagined is truly such as we imagine,true religion.

Fear without the apprehension of why,or what,panic terror;called so from the fables that make Pan the author of them;whereas in truth there is always in him that so feareth,first,some apprehension of the cause,though the rest run away by example;every one supposing his fellow to know why.And therefore this passion happens to none but in a throng,or multitude of people.

Joy from apprehension of novelty,admiration;proper to man,because it excites the appetite of knowing the cause.

Joy arising from imagination of a man's own power and ability is that exultation of the mind which is called glorying:which,if grounded upon the experience of his own former actions,is the same with confidence:but if grounded on the flattery of others,or only supposed by himself,for delight in the consequences of it,is called vainglory:which name is properly given;because a well-grounded confidence begetteth attempt;whereas the supposing of power does not,and is therefore rightly called vain.

Grief,from opinion of want of power,is called dejection of mind.

The vainglory which consisteth in the feigning or supposing of abilities in ourselves,which we know are not,is most incident to young men,and nourished by the histories or fictions of gallant persons;and is corrected oftentimes by age and employment.

Sudden glory is the passion which maketh those grimaces called laughter;and is caused either by some sudden act of their own that pleaseth them;or by the apprehension of some deformed thing in another,by comparison whereof they suddenly applaud themselves.And it is incident most to them that are conscious of the fewest abilities in themselves;who are forced to keep themselves in their own favour by observing the imperfections of other men.And therefore much laughter at the defects of others is a sign of pusillanimity.For of great minds one of the proper works is to help and free others from scorn,and compare themselves only with the most able.

On the contrary,sudden dejection is the passion that causeth weeping;and is caused by such accidents as suddenly take away some vehement hope,or some prop of their power:and they are most subject to it that rely principally on helps external,such as are women and children.Therefore,some weep for the loss of friends;others for their unkindness;others for the sudden stop made to their thoughts of revenge,by reconciliation.But in all cases,both laughter and weeping are sudden motions,custom taking them both away.

For no man laughs at old jests,or weeps for an old calamity.

Grief for the discovery of some defect of ability is shame,or the passion that discovereth itself in blushing,and consisteth in the apprehension of something dishonourable;and in young men is a sign of the love of good reputation,and commendable:in old men it is a sign of the same;but because it comes too late,not commendable.

The contempt of good reputation is called impudence.

Grief for the calamity of another is pity;and ariseth from the imagination that the like calamity may befall himself;and therefore is called also compassion,and in the phrase of this present time a fellow-feeling:and therefore for calamity arriving from great wickedness,the best men have the least pity;and for the same calamity,those have least pity that think themselves least obnoxious to the same.

Contempt,or little sense of the calamity of others,is that which men call cruelty;proceeding from security of their own fortune.

For,that any man should take pleasure in other men's great harms,without other end of his own,I do not conceive it possible.

Grief for the success of a competitor in wealth,honour,or other good,if it be joined with endeavour to enforce our own abilities to equal or exceed him,is called emulation:but joined with endeavour to supplant or hinder a competitor,envy.

When in the mind of man appetites and aversions,hopes and fears,concerning one and the same thing,arise alternately;and diverse good and evil consequences of the doing or omitting the thing propounded come successively into our thoughts;so that sometimes we have an appetite to it,sometimes an aversion from it;sometimes hope to be able to do it,sometimes despair,or fear to attempt it;the whole sum of desires,aversions,hopes and fears,continued till the thing be either done,or thought impossible,is that we call deliberation.

同类推荐
  • Penguin Island

    Penguin Island

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
  • A Letter Concerning Toleration

    A Letter Concerning Toleration

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
  • 杨柳枝词

    杨柳枝词

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
  • 大乘妙林经

    大乘妙林经

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
  • The Children

    The Children

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
热门推荐
  • 沉思录·员工版

    沉思录·员工版

    《沉思录》,一位罗马皇帝的心灵独白,凝结着深沉的人生哲理和管理智慧,是中外多国领导人的案头书。本书以简易的笔调、优美的语言、生动的哲理故事对《沉思录》进行了深入的阐述,希望能打开你的心锁、开启你的智慧之门,帮助你在平时的工作生活中调适身心,领悟生命的美好与工作的真谛。
  • 校草大人的高冷女神

    校草大人的高冷女神

    南城今年的夏季比以往要惹热上许多但好像自从遇见了你,整个夏天都清凉了,也许夏天就应该是这样吧……
  • 叛逆英雄物语

    叛逆英雄物语

    【硬核都市奇幻】这并非英雄的故事,无人能成为英雄——但每一个人,都在开辟自己的前路。----------------------------ps1:书名和简介什么的才不是随手乱打的呢!(傲娇脸)ps2:本书又名《叛(可)逆(爱)英雄物语》(傲!娇!脸!)ps3:众所周知,鸭鸭是这个世界上最可爱的动物(傲!——娇!——脸!——)
  • 死囚器官(下)

    死囚器官(下)

    “哔哔哔──哔哔哔──”捷运列车门即将关闭的声音将我惊醒,站名显示的是我要下车的医院站,我连忙抓了包包冲出车厢外。“呼!还好没坐过头。”我将缓缓朝出口走去,背上的包包引起其他路人的侧目,因为它足足有一般包包的五倍大。我的巨型包包里放了很多东西,包括笔电、装满动漫的硬盘、模型公仔、最新的3C产品、日常用品、零食等等,就连锅子我都放了一个在里面,我不是准备逃难,这就是我的生活方式。
  • 紫恒

    紫恒

    九万年前,黑暗来袭,一朵花傲然于世,绽放万载,只身逼退黑暗。九万年之后,黑暗再次来袭,诸君斩自身,以镇压黑暗。而如今,诸君已成为了传说,永恒的花也早已凋零,只有那亘古的古道上,走出了一位少年......
  • 独家盛宠:国民老公是校草

    独家盛宠:国民老公是校草

    在她16岁的时候,爸爸突然领回来一个帅气的男生,朝她介绍道:“茵茵,他是爵然哥哥,爸爸好朋友的儿子。”从那天起,她的生活中就莫名其妙地多了一个陌生人。但是林茵茵一点也不喜欢宋爵然。她讨厌和他上同一所学校,因为他比她妈还烦:“茵茵,伯父伯母是绝对不允许你早恋的!”茵茵你妹啊!她忍无可忍地说:“我不能早恋,那你就可以收情书收到手软?”他一脸宠溺地看着她:“那如果我告诉你,我一封情书也没打开过,你的心里会不会好受点?”kao!她心里好不好受关他什么事?她沉着一张脸骂道:“你是不是又忘记吃药了?”
  • 陆耀东先生八十华诞纪念文集

    陆耀东先生八十华诞纪念文集

    本书是武汉大学资深教授陆耀东先生的八十寿辰纪念文集,由陆门弟子共同完成,包括陆老从教多年的众多学生,有何锡章,昌切,马俊山,张中良、吴投文,萧映,宋剑华,尚小京等学人,他们追述师门情谊,阐发陆老的学术脉络和学术思想,可以说本书体现了以陆老为中心的新一代文学研究人对学术的追求。
  • 英雄联盟之反转人生

    英雄联盟之反转人生

    【最火爆新书】逃课去网吧打晋级赛大逆风眼看着就要翻盘的林宇,直接被一道天雷劈中,来到了一个以英雄联盟为主的平行世界,在这里英雄联盟玩的好可以轻松走上人生巅峰。以前林宇是个成绩倒数第一的学渣,来到这个世界之后成了成绩优异的学霸。以前林宇是个感情失败的吊丝。以前林宇只是个普通路人玩家,来到这个世界之后成为了让全世界瞩目的职业选手。总而言之,林宇的人生发生了彻底的反转。
  • 易象图说外篇

    易象图说外篇

    本书为公版书,为不受著作权法限制的作家、艺术家及其它人士发布的作品,供广大读者阅读交流。汇聚授权电子版权。
  • 一流员工找方法,末流员工找借口

    一流员工找方法,末流员工找借口

    所有老板都希望你记住的一句话:不要遇到问题就来找老板,请给我解决方法!打造不找借口找方法的一流员工,方法决定人生,方法决定命运。借口是成功路上的高山险阻,方法则是成功路上的高速通道。在问题面前,“不找方法找借口”还是“不找借口找方法”,相信你已经作出自己的判断和选择了。