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The pursuit of the pleasures of imagination ought to be regulated by the precepts of benevolence, piety, and the moral sense 475
Practical rules concerning the elegancies and amusements of life 477
Practical rules concerning mirth, wit, and humour 479
Practical rules concerning the polite arts, and particularly of painting, music, and poetry 480
Practical rules concerning the pursuit of science 481
Practical rules concerning the ignorance, difficulties, and perplexities in which we find ourselves involved 482
Sect. IV.
The Regard due to the Pleasures of Honour, and the Pains of Shame, in forming the Rule of Life.
The pleasures of honour ought not to be made a primary pursuit 483
The pleasures of honour may be obtained in their greatest degree, and highest perfection, by paying a strict regard to the precepts of benevolence, piety, and the moral sense 485
Practical observations on the nature of humility, and the methods of attaining it 487
Sect. V.
The Regard due to the Pleasures and Pains of Self-interest in forming the Rule of Life.
The pleasures of self-interest ought not to be made a primary pursuit 491
A strict regard to the precepts of benevolence, piety, and the moral sense, favours even gross self-interest, and is the only method by which the refined and rational can be secured 496
Practical observations on self-interest and self-annihilation 497
