 | 1834 - 410 páginas
...that law of habit by which impressions become feebler as they are longer continued, applies only to pleasure. " It is," says Paley, " a law of the machine...between a gratification when new, and when familiar, or any pleasure which does not become indifferent as it grows habitual." Paley has here stated an important... | |
 | 1833 - 336 páginas
...which we know no remedy, th.it the organs by which we perceive pleasures are blunted and bcrnimbed by being frequently exercised in the same way. There...between a gratification when new, and when familiar ; or any pleasure which does not become indifferent as it grows habitual. 3dly, The eagerness for high... | |
 | William Paley - 1836 - 626 páginas
...property of the machine, for which we know no remedy, that the organs, by which we perceive pleasure, arc blunted and benumbed by being frequently exercised...between a gratification, when new, and when familiar ; or any pleasure which does not become indifferent as it grows habitual. Sdly, The eagerness for high... | |
 | William Paley - 1836 - 628 páginas
...It is a property of the machine, for which we know no remedy, that the organs, by which we perceive pleasure, are blunted and benumbed by being frequently exercised in the same way. There a hardly any one who has not found the (Sffi-rence between a gratification, when new, and wfeen familiar... | |
 | Mark Hopkins - 1847 - 524 páginas
...that law of habit by which impressions become feebler as they are longer continued, applies only to pleasure. " It is," says Paley, " a law of the machine...any one who has not found the difference between a grati6cation when new, and when familiar ; or any pleasure which does not become indifferent as it... | |
 | Mark Hopkins - 1847 - 532 páginas
...applies only to pleasure. " It is," says Paley, " a law of the machine for which we know no remedy, &'*. that the organs by which we receive pleasure are blunted...between a gratification when new, and when familiar ; or any pleasure which does not become indifferent as it grows habitual." Paley has here stated an... | |
 | William Paley - 1851 - 766 páginas
...It is a property of the machine, for which we know no remedy, that the organs, by which we perceive M]Z _ _ _ _ _ _ - 1 0 S@W WZZ _ Z _ _ _ _ _ ; or any pleasure which does not become indifferent as it grows habitual. 3dly, The »-•- H*>' ness... | |
 | Alexander Bain - 1852 - 304 páginas
...It is a property of the machine, for which we know no remedy, that the organs by which we perceive pleasure are blunted and benumbed by being frequently...between a gratification, when new, and when familiar; or any pleasure which does not become indifferent as it grows habitual. 3dly, The eagerness for high... | |
 | Robert Woodward Barnwell - 1859 - 102 páginas
...It is a property of the machine, for which we know no remedy, that the organs by which we perceive pleasure are blunted and benumbed by being frequently...between a gratification, when new, and when familiar ; or any pleasure which does not become indifferent as it grows habitual. 3d, The eagerness for high... | |
 | William Paley, Richard Whately - 1859 - 264 páginas
...It is a property of the machine, for which we know no remedy, that the organs, by which we perceive pleasure, are blunted and benumbed by being frequently...between a gratification, when new, and when familiar; or any pleasure which does not become indifferent as it grows habitual. 3rdly, The eagerness for high... | |
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These pleasures, by repetition, lose their relish. It is a property of the machine, for which we know no remedy, that the organs, by which we perceive pleasure, are blunted and benumbed by being frequently exercised in the same way. 
