That Which Is The Foundation Of All

The Principle We Call Self-love Never Seeks Anything External For The Sake Of The Thing, But Only As A Means Of Happiness Or Good: Particular Affections Rest In The External Things Themselves.

Love Of Our Neighbour, Then, Has Just The Same Respect To, Is No More Distant From, Self-love, Than Hatred Of Our Neighbour, Or Than Love Or Hatred Of Anything Else.

Compassion Is A Call, A Demand Of Nature, To Relieve The Unhappy As Hunger Is A Natural Call For Food

Self-love Then Does Not Constitute This Or That To Be Our Interest Or Good; But, Our Interest Or Good Being Constituted By Nature And Supposed, Self-love Only Puts Us Upon Obtaining And Securing It.

There Is A Much More Exact Correspondence Between The Natural And Moral World Than We Are Apt To Take Notice Of.