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Page 291
... excited in the brain which gives the soul the sensation of animal joy1 . In the same way when the blood is so thick that it flows badly into the ventricles of the heart , and is not there sufficiently dilated , it excites in the same ...
... excited in the brain which gives the soul the sensation of animal joy1 . In the same way when the blood is so thick that it flows badly into the ventricles of the heart , and is not there sufficiently dilated , it excites in the same ...
Page 379
... excited in the soul the passion of hatred ; and at the same time also these spirits went from the brain to the nerves which were able to drive the blood of the spleen and of the small veins of the liver towards the heart in order to ...
... excited in the soul the passion of hatred ; and at the same time also these spirits went from the brain to the nerves which were able to drive the blood of the spleen and of the small veins of the liver towards the heart in order to ...
Page 418
... excited in us by some good action on the part of him for whom we have it . For we are naturally impelled to love those who do the things which we esteem to be good , even though no good comes to us by so doing . In this sense favour is ...
... excited in us by some good action on the part of him for whom we have it . For we are naturally impelled to love those who do the things which we esteem to be good , even though no good comes to us by so doing . In this sense favour is ...
Contents
Discourse on the Method of Rightly Conducting the Reason | 81 |
The Search after Truth | 212 |
Index | 432 |
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