It is evident, then, that this sensible union between the mind of men and whatever is related to the preservation of their life or of the society of which they are considered members is different in different people, since it is of greater extent in those of greater knowledge, better circumstances, higher station, and whose imagination is of wider scope, and is limited but stronger in those who are more involved with the senses, who have a livelier imagination and who more blindly follow the impulses of their passions.