The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1826 - Great Britain |
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... efficient Cause of the Sublime and Beautiful 255 II . Association 257 • III . Cause of Pain and Fear 258 IV . Continued 261 V. How the Sublime is produced 262 VI . How Pain can be a cause of Delight 263 VII . Exercise necessary for the ...
... efficient Cause of the Sublime and Beautiful 255 II . Association 257 • III . Cause of Pain and Fear 258 IV . Continued 261 V. How the Sublime is produced 262 VI . How Pain can be a cause of Delight 263 VII . Exercise necessary for the ...
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Edmund Burke. SECT . IV . PROPORTION NOT THE CAUSE OF BEAUTY IN THE HUMAN SPECIES . THERE are some parts of the human body , that are observed to hold certain proportions to each other ; but before it can be proved , that the efficient ...
Edmund Burke. SECT . IV . PROPORTION NOT THE CAUSE OF BEAUTY IN THE HUMAN SPECIES . THERE are some parts of the human body , that are observed to hold certain proportions to each other ; but before it can be proved , that the efficient ...
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... efficient cause of beauty , as it regards all the senses . I do not think any thing better fitted to establish a clear and settled idea of visual beauty , than this way of examining the similar pleasures of other senses ; for one part ...
... efficient cause of beauty , as it regards all the senses . I do not think any thing better fitted to establish a clear and settled idea of visual beauty , than this way of examining the similar pleasures of other senses ; for one part ...
Page 255
... EFFICIENT CAUSE OF THE SUBLIME AND BEAUTIFUL . WHEN I say , I intend to enquire into the efficient cause of Sublimity and Beauty , I would not be understood to say , that I can come to the ultimate cause . I do not pretend that I shall ...
... EFFICIENT CAUSE OF THE SUBLIME AND BEAUTIFUL . WHEN I say , I intend to enquire into the efficient cause of Sublimity and Beauty , I would not be understood to say , that I can come to the ultimate cause . I do not pretend that I shall ...
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... cause , and efficient cause , I only mean certain affections of the mind , that cause certain changes in the body ; or certain powers and pro- perties in bodies , that work a change in the mind . As if I were to explain the motion of a ...
... cause , and efficient cause , I only mean certain affections of the mind , that cause certain changes in the body ; or certain powers and pro- perties in bodies , that work a change in the mind . As if I were to explain the motion of a ...
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