“ Nothing has a greater tendency to give us an esteem for any person, than his power and riches ”
David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature (1738). copy citation
| Author | David Hume |
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| Source | A Treatise of Human Nature |
| Topic | power self-esteem |
| Date | 1738 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/4705/4705-h/4705-h.htm |
Context
“The third object is here related to the first, as well as to the second; so that the imagination goes and comes along all of them with the greatest facility.
SECT. V OF OUR ESTEEM FOR THE RICH AND POWERFUL
Nothing has a greater tendency to give us an esteem for any person, than his power and riches; or a contempt, than his poverty and meanness: And as esteem and contempt are to be considered as species of love and hatred, it will be proper in this place to explain these phaenomena.
Here it happens most fortunately, that the greatest difficulty is not to discover a principle capable of producing such an effect, but to choose the chief and predominant among several, that present themselves.”
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