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Some moralists account for all the sentiments of virtue by this sense. - Virtue and wisdom in their perfect purity are ideas.
As to the third sense of the word, it is certain, that both vice and virtue are equally artificial, and out of nature. The man of a mild disposition and tender affections, in forming a notion of the most perfect virtue, mixes in it more of benevolence and humanity, than the man of courage and enterprize, who naturally looks upon a certain elevation of mind as the most accomplished character. In this view, cleanliness is also to be regarded as a virtue; since it naturally renders us agreeable to others, and is a very considerable source of love and affection. In giving a reason, therefore, for the pleasure or uneasiness, we sufficiently explain the vice or virtue. The elogiums either turn upon his power, or riches, or family, or virtue; all of which are subjects of vanity, that we have already explained and accounted for.