The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12)Burke, Edmund
Philosophy
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12)
Burke, Edmund
Great Britain -- Politics and government -- 1760-1820; Political science -- Early works to 1800
IX. The Final Cause of the Difference between the Passions
belonging to Self-Preservation, and those which regard
the Society of the Sexes 113
X. Of Beauty 114
XI. Society and Solitude 115
XII. Sympathy, Imitation, and Ambition 116
XIII. Sympathy 117
XIV. The Effects of Sympathy in the Distresses of Others 119
XV. Of the Effects of Tragedy 120
XVI. Imitation 122
XVII. Ambition 123
XVIII. The Recapitulation 125
XIX. The Conclusion 126
PART II.
I. Of the Passion caused by the Sublime 130
II. Terror 130
III. Obscurity 132
IV. Of the Difference between Clearness and Obscurity
with regard to the Passions 133
[IV.] The Same Subject continued 134
V. Power 138
VI. Privation 146
VII. Vastness 147
VIII. Infinity 148
IX. Succession and Uniformity 149
X. Magnitude in Building 152
XI. Infinity in Pleasing Objects 153
XII. Difficulty 153
XIII. Magnificence 154
XIV. Light 156
XV. Light in Building 157
XVI. Color considered as productive of the Sublime 158
XVII. Sound and Loudness 159
XVIII. Suddenness 160
XIX. Intermitting 160
XX. The Cries of Animals 161
XXI. Smell and Taste--Bitters and Stenches 162
XXII. Feeling.--Pain 164
PART III.
I. Of Beauty 165
II. Proportion not the Cause of Beauty in Vegetables 166
III. Proportion not the Cause of Beauty in Animals 170
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