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more intense. Thus tlie pleasure of gratifying the sugges- 

 tions of pity is increased by coinciding with the dictates of 

 the moral sense. The pleasure derived from the esteem of 

 of another, is heightened by the sentiment of esteem enter- 

 tained for him tiiat confers it. Laudari a laudato maxima 

 laus est. 



Simple pains are those of anger, sorrow, remorse, &c. 



Complex pains are those that coincide with each other, and 

 thus rendered more intense and pungent. Thus the emotion 

 of remorse is ind)itlered by that of grief , as that of Alexander 

 for the death of Clitus, so the sentinunt of envy is aggravated 

 by that of hatred for the object envied. 



233. I here conclude' the first branch of the present en- 

 quiry, having, if 1 mistake not, enumerated all the pleasure- 

 able and painful perceptions of which the human mind is 

 capable, and assigned precise definitions of the terms by 

 which they are denoted. For a more elaborate and detailed 

 account of each, I must refer the reader to the elegant and 

 luminous descriptions of Dr. Cogan. 



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