Passions and the Self

Pride, humility, love, and hatred are analyzed as passions directed at the self or others, driven by the double relation of impressions and ideas.

The chapter examines how belief influences the passions, and how passions in turn can make ideas more readily believed, as in the case of a coward's fear.

The chapter introduces the passions as a distinct class of impressions and sets the stage for exploring how they relate to the self, particularly through pride and humility.

The chapter's central focus is on pride and humility as passions that have the self as their necessary and primary object.

The chapter introduces the classification of passions into direct and indirect, setting the stage for an analysis of how passions relate to the self and to external objects.