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... pity : if extreme , the pity is mixed with hor- Covetousness , cruelty , and treachery , raise no similar emotions in a spectator ; they excite abhor- rence , and fortify the beholder in his aversion to such actions . ror . PART VII ...
... pity : if extreme , the pity is mixed with hor- Covetousness , cruelty , and treachery , raise no similar emotions in a spectator ; they excite abhor- rence , and fortify the beholder in his aversion to such actions . ror . PART VII ...
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... pity , for a dif- ferent reason ; his remorse , it is true , aggravates his distress , and swells the first emotions of pity ; but these are immediately blunted by our hatred of him as a criminal . Misfortunes that are not innocent ...
... pity , for a dif- ferent reason ; his remorse , it is true , aggravates his distress , and swells the first emotions of pity ; but these are immediately blunted by our hatred of him as a criminal . Misfortunes that are not innocent ...
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... pity and terror , it refines or purifies in us all sorts of pas- sion . " But no one who has a clear conception of the end and effects of a good tragedy , can have ány diffi- culty about Aristotle's meaning : our pity is engaged for the ...
... pity and terror , it refines or purifies in us all sorts of pas- sion . " But no one who has a clear conception of the end and effects of a good tragedy , can have ány diffi- culty about Aristotle's meaning : our pity is engaged for the ...
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Association of Ideas | 11 |
Emotions and Passions as pleasant and painful | 31 |
Resemblance of Emotions to their causes | 45 |
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