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Page 67
... distress of mind or body ; and in no fi- tuation doth forrow rife to a greater height , than upon the removal of what makes us happy . The fenfibility of our nature serves in part to account for these effects . Other caufes alfo concur ...
... distress of mind or body ; and in no fi- tuation doth forrow rife to a greater height , than upon the removal of what makes us happy . The fenfibility of our nature serves in part to account for these effects . Other caufes alfo concur ...
Page 85
... distress , muft of confequence inflame our refentment against the author of the distress . For , in general , the affection we have for any man , generates generates in us good - will to his friends and Part I. 85 EMOTIONS AND PASSIONS .
... distress , muft of confequence inflame our refentment against the author of the distress . For , in general , the affection we have for any man , generates generates in us good - will to his friends and Part I. 85 EMOTIONS AND PASSIONS .
Page 115
... distress only that moves my pity . My con- cern vanishes with the distress ; for I can- not pity any person who at present is happy . According to this theory , founded clearly on human nature , a man long dead and in- fenfible now of ...
... distress only that moves my pity . My con- cern vanishes with the distress ; for I can- not pity any person who at present is happy . According to this theory , founded clearly on human nature , a man long dead and in- fenfible now of ...
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