Excerpt from The Nature of Emotion: A Thesis As this imaginary individual would be destitute of all malev olent feeling, he would likewise be incapable of affection or gratitude. If he were agreeably affected by one of his fellows, he might cognize the pleasure-giving agent as a worthy kind of being, and return the favor from a sense of justice, or with a View to future benefits. His action, however, would not be prompted by any kindly disposition towards the individual con cerned. He would regard the latter in a purely intellectual manner as a series of sensations involving, according to all probability, a personality like himself - a personality which has been the means of causing him enjoyment. On the other hand, he would turn on himself the same cold, cognitive gaze. His actions would give him pleasure if they harmonized with his interests or ideals, but there would be no responsive pride or self-complacency. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.