The Theory of Agreeable SensationsJ. J. Tourneisen, 1794 - 165 pages |
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affiftance affign againſt agreeable fenfations almoſt alſo arifing beauty becauſe Befides benevolence bleffings body brain cauſe charms Cicero confifts defign defires diſplay eafily efteem Epicurus eſtabliſhed eſteem exerciſe exiſtence expreffion exquifite faculties fame fatisfaction fcience fecret feem fenfes fenfible fhall fhort fhould fibres fince flatter fome forrow foul fource fprings friendſhip ftate ftill ftriking fucceffion fuch fufficient fuperior fuppofe fure furniſh fyftem fymmetry greateſt happineſs happy harmony hatred heart Hiftory himſelf idea impreffion intereft itſelf laws of fenfation lefs likewife luftre mankind meaſure mind moft moral motion mufic muft muſt Natural THEOLOGY nature obferve object ourſelves paffions painful fenfations perfection perfons philofophers pia mater pleafing pleaſing pleaſure poffeffion prefervation preſent profe proportion reafon reſpect ſeems ſenſation ſentence ſeparated ſtate tafte thefe themſelves theory of fenfations theſe thofe thoſe three unities unifon univerſe uſe virtue virtuous whofe whoſe wiſdom
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Page 18 - The fenfes of other animals, being more quick than ours, are fufticient to direel them to follow what is agreeable to their nature, or to fhun whatever is contrary thereto. But we are endowed with reafon in order to fupply the deficiency of our fenfes ; and...
Page v - Now it is to this happy medium, I mean to a moderate exercife of our faculties that the author of our nature has fo wifely annexed pleafure.
Page 20 - ... with the care of his own private affairs , or of the public weal ? But the object of all this profound meditation is the pleafure o£ exercifing the mind, by the movement of a piece of ivory.
Page v - ... inevitably fink into a deplorable ftate of infenfibility and languor. On the other hand , as we are weak and limited creatures , all...
Page 9 - This we iliould be incapable of doing were we not endowed with agreeable as well as painful fenfations. Thefe ferve to direft our choice.
Page 144 - They are continually employed in the exercife of benevolence; this was their delight here on earth, and even then began to yield them a recompence for their virtue.