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The primary or instant gratification which there is in the direct and immediate feeling of benevolence is one thing : ' the secondary or reflex gratification which there is in the consciousness of benevolence as moral is another thing .
The primary or instant gratification which there is in the direct and immediate feeling of benevolence is one thing : ' the secondary or reflex gratification which there is in the consciousness of benevolence as moral is another thing .
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Now Dr. Brown has conceived it necessary to extend this principle to feelings as well as thoughts -insomuch , that , if on a former occasion a certain object have been followed up by a certain feeling , or even if one feeling have been ...
Now Dr. Brown has conceived it necessary to extend this principle to feelings as well as thoughts -insomuch , that , if on a former occasion a certain object have been followed up by a certain feeling , or even if one feeling have been ...
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Let some one thought , then , by the proper law of suggestion , have introduced the thought of an injury that had been done to us ; this second thought introduces the feeling of resentment , not by the law of suggestion , but by the law ...
Let some one thought , then , by the proper law of suggestion , have introduced the thought of an injury that had been done to us ; this second thought introduces the feeling of resentment , not by the law of suggestion , but by the law ...
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Contents
PRELIMINARY VIEWS | 17 |
Of the Metaphysics which have been resorted | 99 |
on the side of Theism | 121 |
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