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A treatise on the influence of the passions upon the happiness of individuals and of nations: Illustrated by striking references to the principal events and characters that have distinguished the French revolution.Of guilt.

A treatise on the influence of the passions upon the happiness of individuals and of nations:... It must be confessed that the love of guilt is itself a passion. No doubt all the other passions lead to this excess; but when they have carried a man to a certain pitch of enormity the effect: becomes the cause; and the guilt, which at first was only the means, becomes the end. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved) http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A treatise on the influence of the passions upon the happiness of individuals and of nations: Illustrated by striking references to the principal events and characters that have distinguished the French revolution.Of guilt.

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Publisher
George Cawthorn
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Copyright © 1798 American Psychological Association
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201 –214
DOI
10.1037/11671-011
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It must be confessed that the love of guilt is itself a passion. No doubt all the other passions lead to this excess; but when they have carried a man to a certain pitch of enormity the effect: becomes the cause; and the guilt, which at first was only the means, becomes the end. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)

Published: Nov 10, 2008

Keywords: guilt; passion; happiness

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