BOOK II PART II
beginning to the end. One impression may be
related to another, not only when their sensa-
tions are resembling, as we have all along sup-
posed in the preceding cases; but also when
their im pulses or directions are similar and
correspondent. This cannot take place with re-
gard to pride and humility; because these are
only pure sensations, without any direction or
tendency to action. We are, therefore, to look
for instances of this peculiar relation of impres-
sions only in such affections, as are attended
with a certain appetite or desire; such as those
of love and hatred.
Benevolence or the appetite, which attends
love, is a desire of the happiness of the per-
son beloved, and an aversion to his misery; as
anger or the appetite, which attends hatred, is
a desire of the misery of the person hated, and