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" ... and perception. One obvious cause, why many feel not the proper sentiment of beauty, is the want of that delicacy of imagination, which is requisite to convey a sensibility of those finer emotions. "
Four Dissertations: I. The Natural History of Religion. II. Of the Passions ... - Page 216
by David Hume - 1757 - 240 pages
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Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects

David Hume - 1758 - 568 pages
...beauty, is thewant of that delicacy of imagination, which is requifite to convey a fenfibiuty of thofc finer emotions. This delicacy every one pretends to : Every one talks of 4t; and would reduce every kind of tafte or fentiment to its ftandard. But as our intention in this...
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Essays, moral, political, and literary. Part I

David Hume - 1760 - 408 pages
...objects, or hinder the true from conveying to the imagination the proper fentiment and perception. ONE obvious caufe, why many feel not the proper fentiment...would reduce every kind of tafte or fentiment to its ftandardBut as our intention in this diflertation is to mingle fome light of the underftanding with...
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Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects ...: An enquiry concerning human ...

David Hume - 1764 - 614 pages
...conveying to the imagination the proper fentiment and perception. One obvious caufe, why many fee! not the proper fentiment of beauty, is the want of...would reduce every kind of tafte or fentiment to its ftandard. But as our intention in this diflertation is to mingle fome light of the underftanding with...
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Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects. ...

David Hume - 1768 - 606 pages
...objects, or hinder the true from conveying to the imagination the proper fentiment and perception. One obvious caufe, why many feel not the proper fentiment...finer emotions. This delicacy every one pretends to t Every one talks of it ; and would reduce every kind of tafte or fentiment to its ftandard* But as...
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Essays, moral, political, and literary

David Hume - 1788 - 492 pages
...objects, or hinder the true from conveying to the imagination the proper fentiment and perception. One obvious caufe, why many feel not the proper fentiment...the want of that delicacy of imagination, which is requilite to convey a ferilibility of thole finer emotions. This delicacy every one pretends to : Every...
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Essays and Treatises on Several Subjects, Volume 1

David Hume - 1804 - 592 pages
...imagination the proper sentiment and perception. One obvious cause, why many feel not the proper sentiment of beauty, is the want of that delicacy of imagination, which is requisite to convey a sensibility of these finer emotions. This delicacy every one pretends to : Every...
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Essays, moral, political, and literary

David Hume - 1809 - 868 pages
...imagination the proper sentiment and perception. One obvious cause, why many feel not the proper sentiment of beauty, is the want of that delicacy of imagination, which is requisite to convey a sensibility of those finer emotions. This delicacy every one pretends to : Every...
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Essays, moral, political, and literary

David Hume - 1825 - 572 pages
...which is requisite to convey a sensibility of those finer emotions. This delicacy every one pretend:! to : Every one talks of it ; and would reduce every kind of taste or sentiment to its standard. But as our intention in this essay is to mingle some light of the...
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The Philosophical Works of David Hume ...

David Hume - 1826 - 602 pages
...the want of that delicacy of imagination which is requisite to convey a sensibility of those--finer emotions. This delicacy every one pretends to: Every one talks of it; and would reduce every kind of taste or sentiment to its standard. But as our intention in this Essay is to mingle some light of the...
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Beauty; Illustrated Chiefly by an Analysis and Classification of Beauty in ...

Alexander Walker - 1836 - 528 pages
...proceeds to a second point, by observing that " one obvious cause, why many feel not the proper sentiment of beauty, is the want of that delicacy of imagination which is requisite to convey a sensibility of those finer emotions. " Where the organs are so fine, as to allow...
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