BOOK II PART I
have called secondary and reflective, as arising
either from the original impressions, or from
their ideas. Bodily pains and pleasures are the
source of many passions, both when felt and
considered by the mind; but arise originally in
the soul, or in the body, whichever you please
to call it, without any preceding thought or per-
ception. A fit of the gout produces a long train
of passions, as grief, hope, fear; but is not de-
rived immediately from any affection or idea.
The reflective impressions may be divided into
two kinds, viz. the calm and theviolent. Of the
first kind is the sense of beauty and deformity
in action, composition, and external objects. Of
the second are the passions of love and hatred,
grief and joy, pride and humility. This division
is far from being exact. The raptures of poetry
and music frequently rise to the greatest height;
while those other impressions, properly called