“ for terror is a passion which always produces delight when it does not press too closely; and pity is a passion accompanied with pleasure, because it arises from love and social affection. ”
Edmund Burke, A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful (1757). copy citation
| Author | Edmund Burke |
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| Source | A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of our Ideas of the Sublime and Beautiful |
| Topic | passion pleasure |
| Date | 1757 |
| Language | English |
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