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... Pleasure 68 III . The Difference between the Removal of Pain , and po- sitive Pleasure IV . Of Delight and Pleasure , as opposed to each other v . Joy and Grief VI . Of the Passions which belong to Self - preservation VII . Of the ...
... Pleasure 68 III . The Difference between the Removal of Pain , and po- sitive Pleasure IV . Of Delight and Pleasure , as opposed to each other v . Joy and Grief VI . Of the Passions which belong to Self - preservation VII . Of the ...
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... pleasure is death ; and a disagreeable aspect is often as great a crime as high treason . In the court of Nero , a person of learning , of unquestioned merit , and of unsuspected loyalty , was put to death for no other reason , than ...
... pleasure is death ; and a disagreeable aspect is often as great a crime as high treason . In the court of Nero , a person of learning , of unquestioned merit , and of unsuspected loyalty , was put to death for no other reason , than ...
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... pleasure . As to the first sort , their continual care and anxiety , their toilsome days and sleepless nights , are next to proverbial . These circumstances are sufficient almost to level their condi- tion to that of the unhappy ...
... pleasure . As to the first sort , their continual care and anxiety , their toilsome days and sleepless nights , are next to proverbial . These circumstances are sufficient almost to level their condi- tion to that of the unhappy ...
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... pleasure . How much happier are they ? The pleasures which are agreeable to nature are within the reach of all , and there- fore can form no distinction in favour of the rich . The pleasures which art forces up are seldom sincere , and ...
... pleasure . How much happier are they ? The pleasures which are agreeable to nature are within the reach of all , and there- fore can form no distinction in favour of the rich . The pleasures which art forces up are seldom sincere , and ...
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... pleasures incompatible with nature ; if in all countries it abridges the lives of millions , and renders those of millions more utterly abject and miserable ; shall we still worship so destructive an idol , and daily sacrifice to it our ...
... pleasures incompatible with nature ; if in all countries it abridges the lives of millions , and renders those of millions more utterly abject and miserable ; shall we still worship so destructive an idol , and daily sacrifice to it our ...
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