Chap. VI. ANTIENT METAPHYSICS. in 



HAP. VI. 



Of the Pleafure of the Fine Arts. — Ic is Beauty ivhich pleafes in 

 them. — Their Beauty is in the Piece; and the Piece vuijl be a Syftem. 

 — The beji Critic is he that can hejl comprehend the Syrtem. — Of 

 the Pleafure <?/ Virtue. — This alfo arifesfrom Beauty. — Virtue con- 

 fidered both in Contemplation and Pradtice. — We contemplate it ei- 

 ther in ourjelves or others — In both Cafes ive approve of ity becaufc 

 it is beautiful. — For the fame reafon ive pradtice it. — Benevolence 

 not Virtue, -without a certain Fitnefs or Propriety. — Natural Affec- 

 tion, Good Will, and Affedion to our Kind, or to any Individual^ 

 are not Virtue, "without a reflex Act of the Mind. — Thefeveral Re- 

 lation?/^^/ makeN'vclwt a Syftem — confidered voith Relation^oOur- 

 felves, to Others, and to God and Nature. — 7'/?^ Virtue of the Phi- 

 lofopher takes in the vuhole Syflem of the Univerfe. 



IN the preceding Chapter, I have fliown, I hope, to the fatisfadion 

 of the Reader, that Beauty is the foundation of the Pleafure we 

 have in Truth and Science. In this Chapter, I will endeavour to 

 {how, that it is likewife Beauty which makes us delight in the other 

 two things I have mentioned as giving Pleafure to Intelledt, namely, 

 the Fine Arts, and Virtue ; and, in general, I think I fhall be able 

 to prove it to be that which has the greateft influence in human 

 life. 



As to the Fine Arts, fuch as Mufic, Painting, Sculpture, and 

 Poetry ; it is acknowledged, I think, by all, that it is their Beauty 

 which we admire : And it can as little be doubted that it is the Cor- 

 refpondency or Congruity of the parts of any of the pieces of that 



kind, 



