BOOK II PART II
an aversion to his happiness. A desire, there-
fore, of the happiness of another, and aversion
to his misery, are similar to benevolence; and a
desire of his misery and aversion to his happi-
ness are correspondent to anger. Now pity is a
desire of happiness to another, and aversion to
his misery; as malice is the contrary appetite.
Pity, then, is related to benevolence; and malice
to anger: And as benevolence has been already
found to be connected with love, by a natural
and original quality, and anger with hatred; it
is by this chain the passions of pity and malice
are connected with love and hatred.
This hypothesis is founded on sufficient ex-
perience. A man, who from any motives has
entertained a resolution of performing an ac-
tion, naturally runs into every other view or
motive, which may fortify that resolution, and