The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Volume 1C. and J. Rivington, 1815 - Great Britain |
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Page 129
Edmund Burke. from positive pleasure , has no name which I know ; but that hinders not its ... positive nature in the mind of him who feels it . The affection is ... pain . Very extraordinary it would be , if these affections , so ...
Edmund Burke. from positive pleasure , has no name which I know ; but that hinders not its ... positive nature in the mind of him who feels it . The affection is ... pain . Very extraordinary it would be , if these affections , so ...
Page 130
... positive pain . The person who grieves , suffers his passion to grow upon him ; he indulges it , he loves it : but this never happens in the case of actual pain , which no man ever willingly endured for any considerable time . That ...
... positive pain . The person who grieves , suffers his passion to grow upon him ; he indulges it , he loves it : but this never happens in the case of actual pain , which no man ever willingly endured for any considerable time . That ...
Page 135
Edmund Burke. manner they are affected by pain and danger , they do not dwell on the pleasure of health and the comfort of security , and ... positive pain . K 4 SECT . SECT . IX . THE FINAL CAUSE OF THE DIFFERENCE AND BEAUTIFUL . 135.
Edmund Burke. manner they are affected by pain and danger , they do not dwell on the pleasure of health and the comfort of security , and ... positive pain . K 4 SECT . SECT . IX . THE FINAL CAUSE OF THE DIFFERENCE AND BEAUTIFUL . 135.
Page 139
... positive pleasure in the enjoyment ; but absolute and entire solitude , that is , the total and perpetual exclusion from all society , is as great a positive pain as can almost be conceived . Therefore in the balance between the ...
... positive pleasure in the enjoyment ; but absolute and entire solitude , that is , the total and perpetual exclusion from all society , is as great a positive pain as can almost be conceived . Therefore in the balance between the ...
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... pain and danger ; they are simply painful when their causes immediately affect us ; they are delightful when we have ... positive pleasure . Whatever excites this delight , I call sublime . The passions belonging to self - pre ...
... pain and danger ; they are simply painful when their causes immediately affect us ; they are delightful when we have ... positive pleasure . Whatever excites this delight , I call sublime . The passions belonging to self - pre ...
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