Works of Saint-Pierre, Vol. 2 of 2

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Excerpt from Works of Saint-Pierre, Vol. 2 of 2: Comprising His Studies of Nature, Paul and Virginia, and Indian CottageDistinction between animal and human reason insufficiency of human reason - Perverted by edu cation - Definition of sentiment - Distinction be tween it and reason - Incorrect representations of man - Reason increases the violence of the pas sions - Misery of a nation devoted entirely to ln bitiou - Picture of ambitious Rome - No nation without some religion, and all have a sense of the existence ofgod - Cause of the opposite passions which agitate man - History of Ariadne - Enjoy ments to be found at home. Of physical sensa tions - Of the sense of Tasting - Smelling - Seeing - Hearing - Touching. -of the Sentiments of the Soul - A¿'ections of the Mind - Innocence - Pity Of the Love of Country - Of the Sentiment of Ad miralion - Of the Marvellous - Pleasure of Mys tery - Pleasures of ignorance-of the Sentiment of Melancholy - Pleasure of Ruins - Pleasure aris ing from Tombs - Ruins of Nature - ot the Plea sure of Solitude - Of the Sentiment of Love. Or some other Sentiments of the Deity, and a wrong others that of Virtue.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.