Treatise of Human Nature/Book 2: Of the passions/Part 2

by David Hume (1711-1776)

BOOK 2: Of the passions

PART II: Of love and hatred.

• Section I. Of the objects and causes of love and hatred
• Section II. Experiments to confirm this system
• Section III. Difficulties solv'd
• Section IV. Of the love of relations
• Section V. Of our esteem for the rich and powerful
• Section VI. Of benevolence and anger
• Section VII. Of compassion
• Section VIII. Of malice and envy
• Section IX. Of the mixture of benevolence and anger with compassion
• Section X. Of respect and contempt
• Section XI. Of the amorous passion, or love betwixt the sexes
• Section XII. Of the love and hatred of animals