The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1815 - Great Britain |
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... belonging to Self - preser- vation , and those which regard the Society of the Sexes - 136 X. Of Beauty - 137 XI . Society and Solitude 139 XII . Sympathy , Imitation , and Ambition - 140 XIII . Sympathy - - - ibid . XIV . The Effects ...
... belonging to Self - preser- vation , and those which regard the Society of the Sexes - 136 X. Of Beauty - 137 XI . Society and Solitude 139 XII . Sympathy , Imitation , and Ambition - 140 XIII . Sympathy - - - ibid . XIV . The Effects ...
Page 134
... belonging to the preservation of the individual , turn wholly on pain and danger : those which belong to generation , have their origin in gratifications and pleasures ; the pleasure most directly belonging to this purpose is of a ...
... belonging to the preservation of the individual , turn wholly on pain and danger : those which belong to generation , have their origin in gratifications and pleasures ; the pleasure most directly belonging to this purpose is of a ...
Page 136
... BELONGING TO SELF- PRESERVATION , AND THOSE WHICH REGARD THE SOCIETY OF THE SEXES . THE final cause of the difference in character between the passions which regard self - preservation , and those which are directed to the ...
... BELONGING TO SELF- PRESERVATION , AND THOSE WHICH REGARD THE SOCIETY OF THE SEXES . THE final cause of the difference in character between the passions which regard self - preservation , and those which are directed to the ...
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... ourselves ; and often then most when we are softened by affliction ; we see with pity even distresses which we would accept in the place of our own . SECT . XVI . IMITATION . THE second passion belonging 146 ON THE SUBLIME.
... ourselves ; and often then most when we are softened by affliction ; we see with pity even distresses which we would accept in the place of our own . SECT . XVI . IMITATION . THE second passion belonging 146 ON THE SUBLIME.
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Edmund Burke. SECT . XVI . IMITATION . THE second passion belonging to society is imitation , or , if you will , a desire of imitating , and consequently a pleasure in it . This passion arises from much the same cause with sympathy . For ...
Edmund Burke. SECT . XVI . IMITATION . THE second passion belonging to society is imitation , or , if you will , a desire of imitating , and consequently a pleasure in it . This passion arises from much the same cause with sympathy . For ...
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