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... idea in the minds of most men, and it is therefore liable to uncertainty and confusion. I have no great opinion of a ... ideas to take in all that nature comprehends, according to her manner of combining. We are limited in our inquiry by ...
... idea in the minds of most men, and it is therefore liable to uncertainty and confusion. I have no great opinion of a ... ideas to take in all that nature comprehends, according to her manner of combining. We are limited in our inquiry by ...
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... idea, but is partly made up of a perception of the primary pleasures of sense, of the secondary pleasures of the ... ideas, and consequently of all our pleasures, if they are not uncertain and arbitrary, the whole groundwork of taste is ...
... idea, but is partly made up of a perception of the primary pleasures of sense, of the secondary pleasures of the ... ideas, and consequently of all our pleasures, if they are not uncertain and arbitrary, the whole groundwork of taste is ...
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... ideas of pain and danger, that is to say, whatever is in any sort terrible, or is conversant about terrible objects, or ... idea than pain; because there are very few pains, however exquisite, which are not preferred to death: nay, what.
... ideas of pain and danger, that is to say, whatever is in any sort terrible, or is conversant about terrible objects, or ... idea than pain; because there are very few pains, however exquisite, which are not preferred to death: nay, what.
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... idea is sufficient for the purpose, as is evident from the infinite variety of causes, which give rise to madness: but this at most can only prove, that the passion of love is capable of producing very extraordinary effects, not that ...
... idea is sufficient for the purpose, as is evident from the infinite variety of causes, which give rise to madness: but this at most can only prove, that the passion of love is capable of producing very extraordinary effects, not that ...
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... idea. But the pleasure of any particular social enjoyment outweighs very considerably the uneasiness caused by the want of that particular enjoyment; so that the strongest sensations relative to the habitudes of particular society are ...
... idea. But the pleasure of any particular social enjoyment outweighs very considerably the uneasiness caused by the want of that particular enjoyment; so that the strongest sensations relative to the habitudes of particular society are ...
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