Kames, Henry Home: Elements Of Criticism (Vol. 1) (Basil: Printed and sold by J. J. Tourneisen, 1795) [VD18 90784588]

Pan I. EMOTIONS AND PASSIONS.

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sent subjed might be soon discussed. But the va-
riety os nature is not so easily reached: and for
consuting such Utopian systems without the fatigue
os reasoning, it appears the best method to take a
survey of human nature , and to set before the eye(
plainly and candidly , fads as they really exist.

PART I.

■Caufti unsolded of the Emotions, and PajjiohSi

SECT. I.

Difserence between Emotion and Pajfwn.
Caufes that are the mofl common and the
mofl general. —«—» Pasfion confidered as pro-
dutlive of Adlion.
1 Hese branches are fo interwoven , that they
cannot be handled separately. It is a fad
universally admitted , that no emotion or passion
ever slarts up in the mind, without acause : ifllove
a perlon , it is sor good qualities or good ossices:
is I have resentmcnt agamst a man , it must be for
iome injury he has done me : and I cannotpity any
one who is under no dislress os body nor of mind.
The circurnstances now mentioned, if they raise
an emotion or passion , cannot be entirely indiffer-
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