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... qualities or good of- fices that attract my love , are antecedently agreeable : if an injury did not give uneasiness , it would not occasion resentment against the author : nor would the passion of pity be raised by an object in ...
... qualities or good of- fices that attract my love , are antecedently agreeable : if an injury did not give uneasiness , it would not occasion resentment against the author : nor would the passion of pity be raised by an object in ...
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... qualities and actions are the primary causes of emotions ; and that these emotions are afterward expanded upon the being to which these qualities and actions belong . But I am now convinced that this opinion is erroneous . An attribute ...
... qualities and actions are the primary causes of emotions ; and that these emotions are afterward expanded upon the being to which these qualities and actions belong . But I am now convinced that this opinion is erroneous . An attribute ...
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... qualities , such as sweetness , benevolence , elevation , digni- < 364 > ty ? This promises to be a fair analysis ; because of all objects mental qualities affect us the most ; and the impression made by graceful appear- ance upon every ...
... qualities , such as sweetness , benevolence , elevation , digni- < 364 > ty ? This promises to be a fair analysis ; because of all objects mental qualities affect us the most ; and the impression made by graceful appear- ance upon every ...
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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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