Thisbeauty，however，ischieflyperceivedbymenofreflectionandspeculation，andisbynomeansthequalitywhichfirstrecommendssuchactionstothenaturalsentimentsofthebulkofmankind。
Itistobeobserved，thatsofarasthesentimentofapprobationarisesfromtheperceptionofthisbeautyofutility，ithasnoreferenceofanykindtothesentimentsofothers。Ifitwaspossible，therefore，thatapersonshouldgrowuptomanhoodwithoutanycommunicationwithsociety，hisownactionsmight，notwithstanding，beagreeableordisagreeabletohimonaccountoftheirtendencytohishappinessordisadvantage。Hemightperceiveabeautyofthiskindinprudence，temperance，andgoodconduct，andadeformityintheoppositebehaviour:hemightviewhisowntemperandcharacterwiththatsortofsatisfactionwithwhichweconsiderawell-contrivedmachine，intheonecase；
orwiththatsortofdistasteanddissatisfactionwithwhichweregardaveryawkwardandclumsycontrivance，intheother。Astheseperceptions，however，aremerelyamatteroftaste，andhaveallthefeeblenessanddelicacyofthatspeciesofperceptions，uponthejustnessofwhichwhatisproperlycalledtasteisfounded，theyprobablywouldnotbemuchattendedtobyoneinthissolitaryandmiserablecondition。Eventhoughtheyshouldoccurtohim，theywouldbynomeanshavethesameeffectuponhim，antecedenttohisconnexionwithsociety，whichtheywouldhaveinconsequenceofthatconnexion。Hewouldnotbecastdownwithinwardshameatthethoughtofthisdeformity；norwouldhebeelevatedwithsecrettriumphofmindfromtheconsciousnessofthecontrarybeauty。Hewouldnotexultfromthenotionofdeservingrewardintheonecase，nortremblefromthesuspicionofmeritingpunishmentintheother。Allsuchsentimentssupposetheideaofsomeotherbeing，whoisthenaturaljudgeofthepersonthatfeelsthem；anditisonlybysympathywiththedecisionsofthisarbiterofhisconduct，thathecanconceive，eitherthetriumphofself-applause，ortheshameofself-condemnation。
OftheInfluenceofCustomandFashionupontheSentimentsofMoralApprobationandDisapprobationConsistingofOneSectionChap。I
OftheInfluenceofCustomandFashionuponourNotionsofBeautyandDeformityThereareotherprinciplesbesidesthosealreadyenumerated，whichhaveaconsiderableinfluenceuponthemoralsentimentsofmankind，andarethechiefcausesofthemanyirregularanddiscordantopinionswhichprevailindifferentagesandnationsconcerningwhatisblameableorpraise-worthy。Theseprinciplesarecustomandfashion，principleswhichextendtheirdominionoverourjudgmentsconcerningbeautyofeverykind。