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... danger. SECTION IV. OF DELIGHT AND PLEASURE, AS OPPOSED TO EACH OTHER. But shall we therefore say, that the removal of pain or its diminution is always simply painful? or affirm that the cessation or the lessening of pleasure is always ...
... danger. SECTION IV. OF DELIGHT AND PLEASURE, AS OPPOSED TO EACH OTHER. But shall we therefore say, that the removal of pain or its diminution is always simply painful? or affirm that the cessation or the lessening of pleasure is always ...
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... danger, so, when I speak of positive pleasure, I shall for the most part call it simply pleasure. SECTION V. JOY AND GRIEF. It must be observed, that the cessation of pleasure affects the mind three ways. If it simply ceases after ...
... danger, so, when I speak of positive pleasure, I shall for the most part call it simply pleasure. SECTION V. JOY AND GRIEF. It must be observed, that the cessation of pleasure affects the mind three ways. If it simply ceases after ...
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... danger, is it with joy that we are affected? The sense on these occasions is far from that smooth and voluptuous satisfaction which the assured prospect of pleasure bestows. The delight which arises from the modifications of pain ...
... danger, is it with joy that we are affected? The sense on these occasions is far from that smooth and voluptuous satisfaction which the assured prospect of pleasure bestows. The delight which arises from the modifications of pain ...
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... danger, and they are the most powerful of all the passions. SECTION VII. OF THE SUBLIME. Whatever is fitted in any sort to excite the ideas of pain and danger, that is to say, whatever is in any sort terrible, or is conversant about ...
... danger, and they are the most powerful of all the passions. SECTION VII. OF THE SUBLIME. Whatever is fitted in any sort to excite the ideas of pain and danger, that is to say, whatever is in any sort terrible, or is conversant about ...
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... danger: those which belong to generation have their origin in gratifications and pleasures ; the pleasure most directly belonging to this purpose is of a lively character, rapturous and violent, and confessedly the highest pleasure of ...
... danger: those which belong to generation have their origin in gratifications and pleasures ; the pleasure most directly belonging to this purpose is of a lively character, rapturous and violent, and confessedly the highest pleasure of ...
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