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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 gaming, avarice, drunkenness, &c.

A treatise on the influence of the passions upon the happiness of individuals and of nations:... These passions ought not to be ranged in the class of those which are supported by some internal feelings. Nothing, indeed, can be more repugnant to the pleasures which arise from the government of ourselves than subjection to selfish desires. Nevertheless, these degrading propensities bestow no real enjoyment; they subject us to a gross instinct, and expose to an equal chance of disappointment with more elevated desires. In this chapter, the author considers the two principles of the passions of gaming, avarice, drunkenness, etc:the necessity of being excited, and selfishness. The passions which degrade man, by giving a turn of selfishness to all his sensations, do not, it is true, produce those ravages and revolutions in his soul which inflict the sharpest misery it is possible to experience. The sufferings occasioned by low propensities, however, admit of no consolation. The disgust with which they inspire others extends even to the person in whom they exist. (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 gaming, avarice, drunkenness, &c.

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George Cawthorn
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Copyright © 1798 American Psychological Association
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155 –163
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10.1037/11671-008
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These passions ought not to be ranged in the class of those which are supported by some internal feelings. Nothing, indeed, can be more repugnant to the pleasures which arise from the government of ourselves than subjection to selfish desires. Nevertheless, these degrading propensities bestow no real enjoyment; they subject us to a gross instinct, and expose to an equal chance of disappointment with more elevated desires. In this chapter, the author considers the two principles of the passions of gaming, avarice, drunkenness, etc:the necessity of being excited, and selfishness. The passions which degrade man, by giving a turn of selfishness to all his sensations, do not, it is true, produce those ravages and revolutions in his soul which inflict the sharpest misery it is possible to experience. The sufferings occasioned by low propensities, however, admit of no consolation. The disgust with which they inspire others extends even to the person in whom they exist. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2023 APA, all rights reserved)

Published: Nov 10, 2008

Keywords: passions; selfish desires; gaming; avarice; drunkenness; behavior disorders

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