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Page 79
... common nature in every species of animals , particularly in our own ; and we have a conviction that this common nature is right , or perfect , and that individuals ought to be made conformable to it . To every faculty , to every passion ...
... common nature in every species of animals , particularly in our own ; and we have a conviction that this common nature is right , or perfect , and that individuals ought to be made conformable to it . To every faculty , to every passion ...
Page 80
... common nature must tend to good ; and a passion that deviates from our common nature must tend to ill . This deduction may be carried a great way farther : but to avoid intricacy and obscurity , I make but one other step . A passion ...
... common nature must tend to good ; and a passion that deviates from our common nature must tend to ill . This deduction may be carried a great way farther : but to avoid intricacy and obscurity , I make but one other step . A passion ...
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... common and trite observation , That to lovers absence appears immeasurably long , every minute an hour , and every day a year : the same computation is made in every case where we long for a distant event ; as where one is in ...
... common and trite observation , That to lovers absence appears immeasurably long , every minute an hour , and every day a year : the same computation is made in every case where we long for a distant event ; as where one is in ...
Contents
Beauty of Language with respect to Signification | 18 |
Beauty of Language from a resemblance between Sound and Signification | 83 |
Influence of Passion with respect to our Perceptions Opinions and Belief 152 | 112 |
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