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Page 224
... nature is formed for action , and must be active in order to be happy , nature hath kindly provided against indolence , by annexing pleasure to a moderate course of perceptions , and by making any remarkable retardation painful . A slow ...
... nature is formed for action , and must be active in order to be happy , nature hath kindly provided against indolence , by annexing pleasure to a moderate course of perceptions , and by making any remarkable retardation painful . A slow ...
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... natural prin- ciple not hitherto mentioned . Man is endued with a SENSE of the worth and excellence of his nature : he deems it more perfect than that of the other beings around him ; and he perceives , that the perfection of his nature ...
... natural prin- ciple not hitherto mentioned . Man is endued with a SENSE of the worth and excellence of his nature : he deems it more perfect than that of the other beings around him ; and he perceives , that the perfection of his nature ...
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... nature ? In my mind it will be convenient to suspend the enquiry , till we are better acquainted with the nature of external signs , and with their operations . These articles therefore shall be premised . The external signs of passion ...
... nature ? In my mind it will be convenient to suspend the enquiry , till we are better acquainted with the nature of external signs , and with their operations . These articles therefore shall be premised . The external signs of passion ...
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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