Pessimism: A History and a Criticism, Volume 1H. S. King, 1877 - 477 pages |
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... Effects of prolonged painful stimu- lation - Different effects of prolongation and of renewal of pleasurable and painful impressions - Hartmann's idea that pleasure does not fully compensate pain - Disproved by conceiving pleasure and ...
... Effects of prolonged painful stimu- lation - Different effects of prolongation and of renewal of pleasurable and painful impressions - Hartmann's idea that pleasure does not fully compensate pain - Disproved by conceiving pleasure and ...
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... effects of moral achievement- ( 6 ) Pleas reflection as result of distinct effort to obtain an inner possession culture as ingredient of happiness- ( B ) Higher stage in con tion : due adjustment of competing aims , external and ...
... effects of moral achievement- ( 6 ) Pleas reflection as result of distinct effort to obtain an inner possession culture as ingredient of happiness- ( B ) Higher stage in con tion : due adjustment of competing aims , external and ...
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... effects of painful nervous action involves a limit to human suffering - Dr . Maudsley's idea of the special difficulties of recalling pains - On what the ideal recovery of pleasure and pain depends . 468 INDEX 471 PESSIMISM . CHAPTER I ...
... effects of painful nervous action involves a limit to human suffering - Dr . Maudsley's idea of the special difficulties of recalling pains - On what the ideal recovery of pleasure and pain depends . 468 INDEX 471 PESSIMISM . CHAPTER I ...
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... Effects of unequal sensibility on customary perceptions and imaginations— Psychological interpretation of these variations - Action of variable mental tone - Special tendency to pass into pleasurable or painful state -Physiological ...
... Effects of unequal sensibility on customary perceptions and imaginations— Psychological interpretation of these variations - Action of variable mental tone - Special tendency to pass into pleasurable or painful state -Physiological ...
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... effect of present adversity is found in Hamlet's reflection on the ills of life : For who would bear the whips and scorns of time , The oppressor's wrong , the proud man's contumely , & c . This , then , is the first vague expression of ...
... effect of present adversity is found in Hamlet's reflection on the ills of life : For who would bear the whips and scorns of time , The oppressor's wrong , the proud man's contumely , & c . This , then , is the first vague expression of ...
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