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... moral consciousness can only exist in strife , and the highest moral pleasure is always accompanied by pain . Consequently , the kind of poetry which secures us a high degree of moral pleasure , must employ mixed feelings , and please ...
... moral consciousness can only exist in strife , and the highest moral pleasure is always accompanied by pain . Consequently , the kind of poetry which secures us a high degree of moral pleasure , must employ mixed feelings , and please ...
Page 138
... moral impropriety . The antagonism of his conduct to moral law , and the moral imperfection which such conduct presupposes , ought to fill us with pain . Here there is no satisfaction in the morality of his person , nothing to ...
... moral impropriety . The antagonism of his conduct to moral law , and the moral imperfection which such conduct presupposes , ought to fill us with pain . Here there is no satisfaction in the morality of his person , nothing to ...
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... moral propriety above all other . But the judgments of men on this moral phænomenon are exceedingly various , and the reason of it is clear . Moral sense is common to all men , but differs in strength . To most men it suffices that an ...
... moral propriety above all other . But the judgments of men on this moral phænomenon are exceedingly various , and the reason of it is clear . Moral sense is common to all men , but differs in strength . To most men it suffices that an ...
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