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Click on the phrases to see them in context. The original texts by Immanuel Kant and David Hume are available from the Gutenberg Projet.

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In general we may observe, that whatever we call heroic virtue, and admire under the character of greatness and elevation of mind, is either nothing but a steady and wellestablished pride and self-esteem, or partakes largely of that passion.

 Secondly, I would have anyone give me a reason, why virtue and vice may not be involuntary, as well as beauty and deformity. This is the ultimate test of merit and virtue. 
This is the ultimate test of merit and virtue.
 Thus we are still brought back to our first position, that virtue is distinguished by the pleasure, and vice by the pain, that any action, sentiment or character gives us by the mere view and contemplation.