Recherche philosophique sur l'origine de nos idées du sublime et du beau

Edmund Burke

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anglais

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Complete work

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PREFACE. V Have endeavoured to make this edition ſomething more full and ſatigfactory than the firſt. I have faught with the ut- moſt care, and read with equal attention, every thing which has appeared in publick againſt my opinions; I have taken advan- tage of the candid liberty of my friends ; and if by theſe means I have been better enabled to diſcover the imperfettions of the work, the indulgence it has received, im- perfect as it was, furniſhed me with a new motive to ſpare no reaſonable pains for its _ improvement. Though I have not found Sufficient reaſon, or what appeared to me ſuf- ficient, for making any material change i in my theory, T have found it neceſſary in many places to explain, illuſtrate and enforce it. J have prefixed an introductory diſcourſe concerning Taſte ; it is a matter Curious it Mets and it leads naturally enough te the A 2 principal ir The PRE HAC principal enquiry. This avith the other ex- blanations has made the work conſiderably larger; and by increafing its bull bus, Tam afraid added to its faultss: 5 that notwith- landing all my attention, it may fland in need f a yet greater ſhare of indulgence than it required at its firſt appearance. : They who are accuſtomed to fludies of this nature will expect, and they. will \altow tos or mam faults. -'T hey. know; that many of tbe objetts-of our enquiry are in themſelves need f a yet greater ſhare of indulgence than it required at its firſt appearance. : They who are accuſtomed to fludies of this nature will expect, and they. will \altow tos or mam faults. -'T hey. know; that many of tbe objetts-of our enquiry are in themſelves obſcure. and intricate 3". and that many-others Have been rendered fo by affetted.refinements or falſe learning z. they know that there. Are many impediments in the ſubject, in the pre- judlices of others, and even in our own, that render it a matter of uo ſmall diſicuity to ſhew in a clear ligbt the genniue face.of naturr. T End that v the mind "7s in

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