A Treatise on the Passions and Affections of the Mind, Philosophical, Ethical, and Theological: In a Series of Disquisitions, in which are Traced, the Moral History of Man, in His Pursuits, Powers, and Motives of Action, and the Means of Obtaining Permanent Well-being and Happiness, Band 1T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1813 |
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... painful nature , and as this passive or helpless state is so frequently connected with suffering , the transition from one signification to the other , is not only natural but almost inevitable ; and Passion will often be considered as ...
... painful nature , and as this passive or helpless state is so frequently connected with suffering , the transition from one signification to the other , is not only natural but almost inevitable ; and Passion will often be considered as ...
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... painful sensation , is alone applicable to the effects produced by passions of a certain class ; for others are in their own nature pleasing ; as joy and hope : whereas the primitive import of the word , that of passiveness , equally ...
... painful sensation , is alone applicable to the effects produced by passions of a certain class ; for others are in their own nature pleasing ; as joy and hope : whereas the primitive import of the word , that of passiveness , equally ...
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... on the Passions , we shall always use the term in the philosophical sense ; and apply it equally to whatever produces more permanent feelings in the mind , whether they be pleasing or painful , of a benevolent or 10 AFFECTIONS ,
... on the Passions , we shall always use the term in the philosophical sense ; and apply it equally to whatever produces more permanent feelings in the mind , whether they be pleasing or painful , of a benevolent or 10 AFFECTIONS ,
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... painful , of a benevolent or malevolent character . As in Passions and Emotions , thus in the Affections , several gradations of influence are observable . Some affections indicate themselves so strongly , that they approach to emotions ...
... painful , of a benevolent or malevolent character . As in Passions and Emotions , thus in the Affections , several gradations of influence are observable . Some affections indicate themselves so strongly , that they approach to emotions ...
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... painful privations , and not as permanent causes of the malevolent affections . They are not looked upon as streams perpetually flowing from one inexhaustible source , but as in- terruptions to an usual or desirable state , by ad ...
... painful privations , and not as permanent causes of the malevolent affections . They are not looked upon as streams perpetually flowing from one inexhaustible source , but as in- terruptions to an usual or desirable state , by ad ...
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
according admiration agitated anger animal aphonia appears appetites apprehension attention aversion becomes benevolence cerning character circumstances common Complacency conduct connected considered contemplation correspondent deemed degree desire disposition distress efficient cause enjoyment epilepsies evil excellence excess exciting cause exer exertions express favourable fear feelings fluence frequently gratification grief habitual happiness honour hope hope and fear ideas imagination immediate impression indicate indolence indulged influence injury inspired instances Kaims lence Love and Hatred malevolence manifest manner ment merit mind misery nature neral observable offence opposite ourselves painful particular object Passions and Affections passions and emotions peculiar peculiarly pernicious philosophical pleasing pleasure possess power of sympathy present pride principle produced qualities racter render respect rienced Self-love sensation sense sions social sometimes Sorrow soul species specting spirits strong sudden suffer superior supposed surprise sympathy temper term thing tion torpor tremour various Venus de Medicis violent virtue vivacity
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 313 - Glistering with dew: fragrant the fertile earth After soft showers; and sweet the coming on Of grateful evening mild; then silent night, With this her solemn bird, and this fair moon, And these the gems of heaven, her starry train: But neither breath of morn, when she ascends With charm of earliest birds; nor rising sun On this delightful land; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew; nor fragrance after showers; Nor grateful evening mild; nor silent night, With this her solemn bird; nor walk...
Seite 312 - With thee conversing I forget all time ; All seasons and their change, all please alike. Sweet is the breath of morn, her rising sweet, With charm of earliest birds...
Seite 313 - But neither breath of morn, when she ascends With charm of earliest birds; nor rising sun On this delightful land; nor herb, fruit, flower, Glistering with dew; nor fragrance after showers; Nor grateful evening mild; nor silent night, With this her solemn bird, nor walk by moon, Or glittering starlight, without thee is sweet But wherefore all night long shine these?
Seite 149 - And overcome us like a summer's cloud, Without our special wonder? You make me strange Even to the disposition that I owe...
Seite 202 - twas wondrous pitiful : She wish'd she had not heard it ; yet she wish'd That heaven had made her such a man : she thank'd me; And bade me, if I had a friend that lov'd her, I should but teach him how to tell my story, And that would woo her. Upon this hint I spake"; She lov'd me for the dangers I had pass'd, And I lov'd her, that she did pity them.
Seite 175 - t; I have use for it. Go, leave me. — (Exit Emilia). I will in Cassio's lodging lose this napkin, And let him find it. Trifles, light as air, Are to the jealous confirmations strong As proofs of Holy Writ.
Seite 98 - she never told her love, but let concealment, like a worm in the bud, feed on her damask cheek. She pined in thought, and with a green and yellow melancholy, she sat like Patience on a monument, smiling at Grief.
Seite 351 - An internal motion or agitation of the mind, when it passeth away without desire, is denominated an emotion: when desire follows, the motion or agitation is denominated a passion. A fine face, for example, raiseth in me a pleasant feeling; if that feeling vanish without producing any effect, it is in proper language an emotion ; but if the feeling, by reiterated views of the...
Seite 377 - ... that part of the composition by the increase of the probability. Are not these as plain proofs, that the passions of fear and hope are mixtures of grief and joy, as in optics it is a proof, that a coloured ray of the sun, passing through a prism, is a composition of two others, when, as you diminish or increase the quantity of either, you find it prevail proportionably, more or less, in the composition ? 5.
Seite 140 - ... marriage to its primitive institution, concubinage has been forbidden and condemned among christians. CONDESCENSION is that species of benevolence which designedly waves the supposed advantages of birth, title, or station, in order to accommodate ourselves to the state of an inferior, and diminish that restraint which the apparent distance is calculated to produce in him. It is enjoined on the Christian, and is peculiarly ornamental to the Christian character, Rom. xii, 16.