Essay on the Nature and Conduct of the Passions (1728)

other parts of his treatment, than the raising of such an outcry against him as being injurious to Christianity, for principles which some of the most zealous Christians have publicly maintained: He hopes Mr. Clarke will be satisfied upon this point, as well as about the scheme of disinterested affections, by what is offered in the Treatise on the Passions, Sect. I. and designedly placed here, rather than in any distinct reply, both to avoid the disagreeable work of answering or remarking upon books, wherein it is hard to keep off too keen and offensive expressions; and also, so that those who have had any of the former editions of the Inquiry, might not be at a loss about any illustrations or additional proofs necessary to complete the scheme.

THE last treatise had never seen the light, had not some worthy