the Vedas are full of it; while in the Dharma-Sastra, Itihasa, and Purana it constantly recurs, to say nothing of the preaching of Sakya-muni, the Buddha. And to be quite accurate we must admit that there are traces to be found among the Greeks and Romans of a recommendation to follow loving-kindness; for instance, in Cicero, De Finibus, V., 23; and also in Pythagoras, according to Iamblichus, De vita Pythagorae, chap. 33. My task is now to give a philosophical derivation of this virtue from the principle I have laid down.

It has been demonstrated in Chapter V. of this Part, that the sense of Compassion, however much its origin is shrouded in mystery, is the one and sole cause whereby the suffering I see in another, of itself, and as such, becomes directly my motive; and we have seen that the first stage of this process is