1817 Dec r 31

Not Paul

III. Doctrine

Ch. Asceticism

From what has just been said, the following position, without danger of

contradiction on any rational grounds may be laid down, viz.

No just condemnation can justly be passed on any pleasure on any such consideration

/ground/ as that of its shape, seat, source, or inlet: the seat in which it resides or is

perceived, the inlet

(a) through which it passes to the /its/ seat, the source from which it is derived, or the shape in which it exists, the seat in which it resides, the source from whence

it is derived, or the inlet through which it is derived.

Note.

(a) Though not the seats nor the sources, the ear and the eye and

the ear are in the instance of every individual the necessary inlets to a large proportion of such pleasures of the mind as it falls in

his way to enjoy: viz. to all those derived from human converse /discourse/ whether

in /by/ signs audible or visible whether from hearing or reading.

So likewise in the case of all the rest of the fine arts—Music painting &c.

&c. let the seat be in ever so large proportions of it in the mind, the

necessary inlet to it is through /in/ the body.