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SYNOPTICAL TABLE
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  2. Sec. 1. Volition and will different
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    114
  3. 2. The term will, how used
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    ib.
  4. 3. Its definition
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    115
  5. 5. Of command, will, and desire
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    117
  6. CHAPTER II.
  7. OF THE INFLUENCE OF INCITEMENTS AND MOTIVES UPON THE WILL
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    119
  8. Sec. 1. Instinct
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    ib.
  9. 2. Judgment not necessary to instinct
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    ib.
  10. 3. The exercise of judgment distinct from the impulse of appetite
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    121
  11. 4. Taste and judgment differ
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    122
  12. 5. Of passion and reason
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    ib.
  13. CHAPTER III.
  14. OF OPERATIONS OF MIND WHICH MAY BE CALLED VOLUNTARY
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    126
  15. Sec. 1. Of attention, deliberation, and resolution
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    ib.
  16. 2. Of genius
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    127
  17. 3. Deliberation
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    129
  18. 6. Resolution
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    131
  19. 7. The virtue and affection of benevolence different
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    132
  20. CHAPTER IV.
  21. COROLLARIES
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    135
  22. Sec. 1. Of transient and momentary acts of the will
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    ib.

  23. ESSAY III.

    OF THE PRINCIPLES OF ACTION.
    PART I.
    OF THE MECHANICAL PRINCIPLES OF ACTION.
    CHAPTER I.

  24. OF THE PRINCIPLES OF ACTION IN GENERAL
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    138
  25. Sec. 1. Actions of men classified
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    ib.
  26. 2. Knowledge of the principles of action important
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    ib.
  27. 3. Difficulties attending an investigation of the principles of human actions
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    139
  28. 4. Third cause of the difficulty of tracing the principles of action in man
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    140
  29. CHAPTER II.
  30. OF INSTINCT
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    142
  31. Sec. 1. Of instinct in man
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    ib.
  32. Sec. 2. Of instinct in inferior animals
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    143
  33. 3. Some human instincts transitory, others permanent
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    145
  34. 6. Fourth case in which instinct, probably, is requisite
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    147
  35. 7. Judgment and. belief influenced, to a certain extent, by instinct
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    148
  36. CHAPTER III.
  37. OF HABIT
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    151
  38. Sec. 1. Vulgar definition of habit
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    ib.
  39. 2. The art of speaking, the strongest illustration of the force of habit
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    152
  40. PART II.

    OF ANIMAL PRINCIPLES OF ACTION.
    CHAPTER I.

  41. OF APPETITES
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    154
  42. Sec. 1. Definition of animal principles of action
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    ib.
  43. 5. The principle of activity belongs to every period of life
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    157
  44. 7. The government of appetites gives a superiority to man over brute animals
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    159
  45. CHAPTER II.
  46. OF DESIRES
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    160
  47. Sec. 1. Distinction between appetites and desires twofold
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    ib.
  48. 2. Of esteem and contempt
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    ib.
  49. 5. Such natural desires not selfish principles
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    162
  50. 6. Our desires auxiliary to the maintenance of morals
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    ib.
  51. 9. Of acquired desires
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    165
  52. CHAPTER III.
  53. OF BENEVOLENT AFFECTION IN GENERAL
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    166
  54. Sec. 2. Objects of our desires and our affections different
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    167
  55. CHAPTER IV.
  56. OF THE PARTICULAR BENEVOLENT AFFECTIONS
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    171
  57. Sec. 1. Of natural affection
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    ib.
  58. 2. Duration of parental affection limited in inferior animals; not so in the human species
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    172
  59. 3. Parental affection the effect of our natural constitution
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    173
  60. 4. Further uses of parental affection
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    ib.