“But the most common species of love is that which first arises from beauty, and afterwards diffuses itself into kindness and into the bodily appetite. Kindness or esteem, and the appetite to generation, are too remote to unite easily together. The one is, perhaps, the most refined passion of the soul; the other the most gross and vulgar. The love of beauty is placed in a just medium betwixt them, and partakes of both their natures: From whence it proceeds, that it is so singularly fitted to produce both.” LoveFirstsSoulTogetherPassionLove IsCommonKindnessGenerationsProduceSpeciesAriseEsteemMediumsAppetiteVulgarGrossRefined Book:A Treatise of Human Nature: Top Philosophy Collections Source: A Treatise of Human Nature: Top Philosophy Collections
“The soul, when accustomed to superfluous things, acquires a strong habit of desiring things which are neither necessary for the preservation of the individual nor for that of the species. This desire is without limit, whilst those which are necessary are few in number and restricted within certain limits; but what is superfluous is without end.” SoulEndsDesireCertainIndividualStrongNumbersHabitLimitsSpeciesAcquirePreservationAccustomedSuperfluous Book:The Guide for the Perplexed Source: The Guide for the Perplexed