BOOK II PART I
of any kind, but only modifies those ideas, of
which the mind was formerly possessed, and
which it coued recal upon occasion. From this
reasoning, as well as from undoubted experi-
ence, we may conclude, that an association of
ideas, however necessary, is not alone sufficient
to give rise to any passion.
It is evident, then, that when the mind feels
the passion either of pride or humility upon the
appearance of related object, there is, beside
the relation or transition of thought, an emo-
tion or original impression produced by some
other principle. The question is, whether the
emotion first produced be the passion itself, or
some other impression related to it. This ques-
tion we cannot be long in deciding, For besides
all the other arguments, with which this sub-
ject abounds, it must evidently appear, that the