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... feems purposely formed , and beft calculated , is their mutual destruction . All ancient history is dark and uncertain . One thing how- ever is clear . There were conquerors , and con- quests in those days ; and confequently , all that ...
... feems purposely formed , and beft calculated , is their mutual destruction . All ancient history is dark and uncertain . One thing how- ever is clear . There were conquerors , and con- quests in those days ; and confequently , all that ...
Page 97
... way towards informing us of the na- ture of the thing defined ; but let the virtue of a definition be what it will , in the order of things , VOL . I. H it it feems rather to follow than to precede our in- ON TASTE . 97.
... way towards informing us of the na- ture of the thing defined ; but let the virtue of a definition be what it will , in the order of things , VOL . I. H it it feems rather to follow than to precede our in- ON TASTE . 97.
Page 98
it feems rather to follow than to precede our in- quiry , of which it ought to be confidered as the result . It must be acknowledged that the methods of disquifition and teaching may be fometimes dif ferent , and on very good reason ...
it feems rather to follow than to precede our in- quiry , of which it ought to be confidered as the result . It must be acknowledged that the methods of disquifition and teaching may be fometimes dif ferent , and on very good reason ...
Page 113
... feems concerned when the paffions are represented , because by the force of natural sympathy they are felt in all men without any re- course to reasoning , and their justness recognised in every breaft . Love , grief , fear , anger ...
... feems concerned when the paffions are represented , because by the force of natural sympathy they are felt in all men without any re- course to reasoning , and their justness recognised in every breaft . Love , grief , fear , anger ...
Page 124
... feems to me a fubtilty , that is not difcoverable in nature . For if , previous to the pain , I do not feel any actual pleasure , I have no reason to judge that any such thing exists ; fince pleasure is only pleasure as it is felt ...
... feems to me a fubtilty , that is not difcoverable in nature . For if , previous to the pain , I do not feel any actual pleasure , I have no reason to judge that any such thing exists ; fince pleasure is only pleasure as it is felt ...
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