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Page 62
... reason suggests means to avoid the danger : if a man be injured , the first thing he thinks of , is what revenge he shall take , and what means he shall employ . These particulars are no less obvious than natural . But as the passions ...
... reason suggests means to avoid the danger : if a man be injured , the first thing he thinks of , is what revenge he shall take , and what means he shall employ . These particulars are no less obvious than natural . But as the passions ...
Page 100
... reason even melancholy music . Where the same person is both the actor and the singer , as in an opera , there is a separate reason why music should not be associated with the sen- timents of any disagreeable passion , nor the ...
... reason even melancholy music . Where the same person is both the actor and the singer , as in an opera , there is a separate reason why music should not be associated with the sen- timents of any disagreeable passion , nor the ...
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... reason , why time is thought to be tedious when we long for a future event , and not less fleet when we dread the event . The reason is confirmed by other instances . Bodily pain , fixt to one part , produceth a slow train of percep ...
... reason , why time is thought to be tedious when we long for a future event , and not less fleet when we dread the event . The reason is confirmed by other instances . Bodily pain , fixt to one part , produceth a slow train of percep ...
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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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