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of the chapter on Moral Discipline in the first part of his

Analogy.

[8] I have adopted this word from our old writers, because our

word act is so commonly interchanged with action. [Greek: Praxis]

(action) properly denotes the whole process from the conception

to the performance. [Greek: Pragma] (fact) only the result. The

latter may be right when the former is wrong if, for example, a

murderer was killed by his accomplices. Again, the [Greek:

praxis] may be good though the [Greek: pragma] be wrong, as if a

man under erroneous impressions does what would have been right

if his impressions had been true (subject of course to the

question how far he is guiltless of his original error), but in

this case we could not call the [Greek: praxis] right. No

repetition of [Greek: pragmata] goes to form a habit. See Bishop

Butler on the Theory of Habits m the chapter on Moral Discipline,

quoted above, sect. 11. "And in like manner as habits belonging

to the body," etc.