The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 01 (of 12)

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PREFACE.Sample
A LETTER TO LORD ****.
FOOTNOTES:
A PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRY INTO THE ORIGIN OF OUR IDEAS OF THE SUBLIME AND BEAUTIFUL WITH AN INTRODUCTORY DISCOURSE CONCERNING TASTE, AND SEVERAL OTHER ADDITIONS
PREFACE.
ON TASTE.
SECTION I. NOVELTY.
SECTION II. PAIN AND PLEASURE.
SECTION III. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE REMOVAL OF PAIN AND POSITIVE PLEASURE.
SECTION IV. OF DELIGHT AND PLEASURE, AS OPPOSED TO EACH OTHER.
SECTION V. JOY AND GRIEF.
SECTION VI. OF THE PASSIONS WHICH BELONG TO SELF-PRESERVATION.
SECTION VII. OF THE SUBLIME.
SECTION VIII. OF THE PASSIONS WHICH BELONG TO SOCIETY.
SECTION IX. THE FINAL CAUSE OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PASSIONS BELONGING TO SELF-PRESERVATION AND THOSE WHICH REGARD THE SOCIETY OF THE SEXES.
SECTION X. OF BEAUTY.
SECTION XI. SOCIETY AND SOLITUDE.
SECTION XII. SYMPATHY, IMITATION, AND AMBITION.
SECTION XIII. SYMPATHY.
SECTION XIV. THE EFFECTS OF SYMPATHY IN THE DISTRESSES OF OTHERS.
SECTION XV. OF THE EFFECTS OF TRAGEDY.
SECTION XVI. IMITATION.
SECTION XVII. AMBITION.
SECTION XVIII. THE RECAPITULATION.
SECTION XIX. THE CONCLUSION.
FOOTNOTES:
SECTION I. OF THE PASSION CAUSED BY THE SUBLIME.
SECTION II. TERROR.
SECTION III. OBSCURITY.
SECTION IV. OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CLEARNESS AND OBSCURITY WITH REGARD TO THE PASSIONS.
SECTION [IV]. THE SAME SUBJECT CONTINUED.
SECTION V. POWER.
SECTION VI. PRIVATION.
SECTION VII. VASTNESS.
SECTION VIII. INFINITY.
SECTION IX. SUCCESSION AND UNIFORMITY.
SECTION X. MAGNITUDE IN BUILDING.
SECTION XI. INFINITY IN PLEASING OBJECTS.
SECTION XII. DIFFICULTY.
SECTION XIII. MAGNIFICENCE.
SECTION XIV. LIGHT.
SECTION XV. LIGHT IN BUILDING.
SECTION XVI. COLOR CONSIDERED AS PRODUCTIVE OF THE SUBLIME.
SECTION XVII. SOUND AND LOUDNESS.
SECTION XVIII. SUDDENNESS.
SECTION XIX. INTERMITTING.
SECTION XX. THE CRIES OF ANIMALS.
SECTION XXI. SMELL AND TASTE.—BITTERS AND STENCHES.
SECTION XXII. FEELING.—PAIN.
FOOTNOTES:
SECTION I. OF BEAUTY.
SECTION II. PROPORTION NOT THE CAUSE OF BEAUTY IN VEGETABLES.
SECTION III. PROPORTION NOT THE CAUSE OF BEAUTY IN ANIMALS.
SECTION IV. PROPORTION NOT THE CAUSE OF BEAUTY IN THE HUMAN SPECIES.
SECTION V. PROPORTION FURTHER CONSIDERED.
SECTION VI. FITNESS NOT THE CAUSE OF BEAUTY.
SECTION VII. THE REAL EFFECTS OF FITNESS.
SECTION VIII. THE RECAPITULATION.
SECTION IX. PERFECTION NOT THE CAUSE OF BEAUTY.
SECTION X. HOW FAR THE IDEA OF BEAUTY MAY BE APPLIED TO THE QUALITIES OF THE MIND.
SECTION XI. HOW FAR THE IDEA OF BEAUTY MAY BE APPLIED TO VIRTUE.
SECTION XII. THE REAL CAUSE OF BEAUTY.
SECTION XIII. BEAUTIFUL OBJECTS SMALL.
SECTION XIV. SMOOTHNESS.
SECTION XV. GRADUAL VARIATION.
SECTION XVI. DELICACY.
SECTION XVII. BEAUTY IN COLOR.
SECTION XVIII. RECAPITULATION.
SECTION XIX. THE PHYSIOGNOMY.
SECTION XX. THE EYE.
SECTION XXI. UGLINESS.
SECTION XXII. GRACE.
SECTION XXIII. ELEGANCE AND SPECIOUSNESS.
SECTION XXIV. THE BEAUTIFUL IN FEELING.
SECTION XXV. THE BEAUTIFUL IN SOUNDS.
SECTION XXVI. TASTE AND SMELL.
SECTION XXVII. THE SUBLIME AND BEAUTIFUL COMPARED.
SECTION I. OF THE EFFICIENT CAUSE OF THE SUBLIME AND BEAUTIFUL.
SECTION II. ASSOCIATION.
SECTION III. CAUSE OF PAIN AND FEAR.
SECTION IV. CONTINUED.
SECTION V. HOW THE SUBLIME IS PRODUCED.
SECTION VI. HOW PAIN CAN BE A CAUSE OF DELIGHT.
SECTION VII. EXERCISE NECESSARY FOR THE FINER ORGANS.
SECTION VIII. WHY THINGS NOT DANGEROUS SOMETIMES PRODUCE A PASSION LIKE TERROR.
SECTION IX. WHY VISUAL OBJECTS OF GREAT DIMENSIONS ARE SUBLIME.
SECTION X. UNITY WHY REQUISITE TO VASTNESS.
SECTION XI. THE ARTIFICIAL INFINITE.
SECTION XII. THE VIBRATIONS MUST BE SIMILAR.
SECTION XIII. THE EFFECTS OF SUCCESSION IN VISUAL OBJECTS EXPLAINED.
SECTION XIV. LOCKE'S OPINION CONCERNING DARKNESS CONSIDERED.
SECTION XVI. WHY DARKNESS IS TERRIBLE.
SECTION XVII. THE EFFECTS OF BLACKNESS.
SECTION XIX. THE PHYSICAL CAUSE OF LOVE.
SECTION XX. WHY SMOOTHNESS IS BEAUTIFUL.
SECTION XXI. SWEETNESS, ITS NATURE.
SECTION XXII. SWEETNESS RELAXING.
SECTION XXIII. VARIATION, WHY BEAUTIFUL.
SECTION XXIV. CONCERNING SMALLNESS.
SECTION XXV. OF COLOR.
FOOTNOTES:
SECTION I. OF WORDS.
SECTION II. THE COMMON EFFECTS OF POETRY, NOT BY RAISING IDEAS OF THINGS.
SECTION III. GENERAL WORDS BEFORE IDEAS.
SECTION IV. THE EFFECT OF WORDS.
SECTION V. EXAMPLES THAT WORDS MAY AFFECT WITHOUT RAISING IMAGES.
SECTION VI. POETRY NOT STRICTLY AN IMITATIVE ART.
SECTION VII. HOW WORDS INFLUENCE THE PASSIONS.
A SHORT ACCOUNT OF A LATE SHORT ADMINISTRATION. 1766.
1769.
FOOTNOTES:
APPENDIX.
1770.
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