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Quotation from A Treatise of Human Nature by David Hume
“the minds of men are mirrors to one another, not only because they reflect each others emotions, but also because those rays of passions, sentiments and opinions may be often reverberated”
A Treatise of Human Nature, Book II, Part II, Sect. 5 (Of our esteem for the rich and powerful) (Project Gutenberg #4705)
Hume's image for sympathy, explaining how the pleasure of a rich man is reflected in observers and returned to him.
Citation: "the minds of men are mirrors to one another, not only because they reflect each others emotions, but also because those rays of passions, sentiments and opinions may be often reverberated" — David Hume, A Treatise of Human Nature, Book II, Part II, Sect. 5 (Of our esteem for the rich and powerful) (Project Gutenberg #4705). (id a-treatise-of-human-nature-q11)
Portrait: David Hume, Allan Ramsay, Public domain.
