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1 Contempt is the conception of anything which touches the mind 2 so little, that its presence leads the mind to imagine those 3 qualities which are not in it rather than such as are in it (cf. 4 III. lii. note). 5 6 The definitions of veneration and scorn I here pass over, for 7 I am not aware that any emotions are named after them. 8 9