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1 Thus we see that it may readily happen, that a man may 2 easily think too highly of himself, or a loved object, and, 3 contrariwise, too meanly of a hated object. This feeling is 4 called pride, in reference to the man who thinks too highly of 5 himself, and is a species of madness, wherein a man dreams with 6 his eyes open, thinking that he can accomplish all things that 7 fall within the scope of his conception, and thereupon accounting 8 them real, and exulting in them, so long as he is unable to 9 conceive anything which excludes their existence, and determines 10 his own power of action. Pride, therefore, is pleasure springing 11 from a man thinking too highly of himself. Again, the pleasure 12 which arises from a man thinking too highly of another is called 13 over–esteem. Whereas the pleasure which arises from thinking too 14 little of a man is called disdain. 15 16