Image describing a general principle relating to the elicitation of pride according to Hume's theories.
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Title
Image describing a general principle relating to the elicitation of pride according to Hume's theories.
Subject
Hume on pride and fame.
Description
Having first argued for the need to find a suitable general principle to explain the elicitation of pride by such a variety of objects, including those entirely novel, Hume proposes that it arises through a double relation of impressions and ideas. First the impression of some object or quality of an object leads the subject to have a further original impression of pleasure – for
most of the proper objects of joy or pride the pleasure in question is to be understood as a bodily sensation. In the case of aesthetic and moral beauty there is an original impression of pleasure which is not to be supposed distinctively bodily. The original impression of the object gives rise to an idea, and that idea in turn can give rise to a passion, matching the original pleasure. In the simplest case, the passion in question (a direct passion) would be joy. Pride, however, is consequent on this where the object at which joy is felt has a close relation to oneself. The pleasurable feeling then spreads between the idea of the object which gave rise to the initial pleasure and the idea of self.
most of the proper objects of joy or pride the pleasure in question is to be understood as a bodily sensation. In the case of aesthetic and moral beauty there is an original impression of pleasure which is not to be supposed distinctively bodily. The original impression of the object gives rise to an idea, and that idea in turn can give rise to a passion, matching the original pleasure. In the simplest case, the passion in question (a direct passion) would be joy. Pride, however, is consequent on this where the object at which joy is felt has a close relation to oneself. The pleasurable feeling then spreads between the idea of the object which gave rise to the initial pleasure and the idea of self.
Creator
M.G.F. MARTIN
Source
University College London
Publisher
University College London
Date
2006
Contributor
Aryaan Mehra
Rights
Public Domain
Format
Image from a document
Language
English
Type
Image
Files
Citation
M.G.F. MARTIN , “Image describing a general principle relating to the elicitation of pride according to Hume's theories.,” Enlightenmens, accessed March 22, 2023, http://enlightenmens.lmc.gatech.edu/items/show/275.