The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1815 - Great Britain |
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Page 89
... Pain and Pleasure - 123 III . The Difference between the removal of Pain and positive Pleasure 125 IV . Of Delight and Pleasure , as opposed to each other 128 V. Joy and Grief 130 VI . Of the Passions which belong to Self - pre ...
... Pain and Pleasure - 123 III . The Difference between the removal of Pain and positive Pleasure 125 IV . Of Delight and Pleasure , as opposed to each other 128 V. Joy and Grief 130 VI . Of the Passions which belong to Self - pre ...
Page 123
... pain or pleasure from other causes . Pain and pleasure are simple ideas , incapable of definition . People are not ... positive nature , and by no means necessarily dependent on each other for their existence . The human mind is often , and I ...
... pain or pleasure from other causes . Pain and pleasure are simple ideas , incapable of definition . People are not ... positive nature , and by no means necessarily dependent on each other for their existence . The human mind is often , and I ...
Page 125
... pain , and with equal reason . I can never persuade myself that pleasure and pain are mere relations , which can only exist as they are contrasted ; but I think I can discern clearly that there are positive pains and pleasures , which ...
... pain , and with equal reason . I can never persuade myself that pleasure and pain are mere relations , which can only exist as they are contrasted ; but I think I can discern clearly that there are positive pains and pleasures , which ...
Page 126
... positive pain ; and that the removal or diminution of pain , in its effect , has very little resemblance to positive pleasure * . The former of these proposi- tions will , I believe , be much more readily allowed than the latter ...
... positive pain ; and that the removal or diminution of pain , in its effect , has very little resemblance to positive pleasure * . The former of these proposi- tions will , I believe , be much more readily allowed than the latter ...
Page 128
... pains of a posi- tive and independent nature ; and secondly , that the feeling which results from the ceasing or diminution of pain does not bear a sufficient re- semblance to positive pleasure , to have it considered as of the same ...
... pains of a posi- tive and independent nature ; and secondly , that the feeling which results from the ceasing or diminution of pain does not bear a sufficient re- semblance to positive pleasure , to have it considered as of the same ...
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