A Philosophical Inquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas

Edmund Burke

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. An eloquent and sometimes even erotic book, the Philosophical Enquiry was long dismissed as a piece of mere juvenilia. However, Burke's analysis of the relationship between emotion, beauty, and art form...

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Preface

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Introduction: On Taste

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PART I

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SECTION I. NOVELTY

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SECTION II. PAIN AND PLEASURE

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SECTION III. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE REMOVAL OF PAIN AND POSITIVE PLEASURE

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SECTION IV. OF DELIGHT AND PLEASURE, AS OPPOSED TO EACH OTHER

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SECTION V. JOY AND GRIEF

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SECTION VI. OF THE PASSIONS WHICH BELONG TO SELF-PRESERVATION

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SECTION VII. OF THE SUBLIME

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SECTION VIII. OF THE PASSIONS WHICH BELONG TO SOCIETY

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SECTION IX. THE FINAL CAUSE OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE PASSIONS BELONGING TO SELF-PRESERVATION AND THOSE WHICH REGARD THE SOCIETY OF THE SEXES

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SECTION X. OF BEAUTY

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SECTION XI. SOCIETY AND SOLITUDE

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SECTION XII. SYMPATHY, IMITATION, AND AMBITION

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SECTION XIII. SYMPATHY

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SECTION XIV. THE EFFECTS OF SYMPATHY IN THE DISTRESSES OF OTHERS

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SECTION XV. OF THE EFFECTS OF TRAGEDY

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SECTION XVI. IMITATION

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SECTION XVII. AMBITION

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SECTION XVIII. THE RECAPITULATION

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SECTION XIX. THE CONCLUSION

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PART II

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SECTION I. OF THE PASSION CAUSED BY THE SUBLIME

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SECTION II. TERROR

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SECTION III. OBSCURITY

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SECTION IV. OF THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CLEARNESS AND OBSCURITY WITH REGARD TO THE PASSIONS

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SECTION V. POWER

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SECTION VI. PRIVATION

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SECTION VII. VASTNESS

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SECTION VIII. INFINITY

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SECTION IX. SUCCESSION AND UNIFORMITY

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SECTION X. MAGNITUDE IN BUILDING

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SECTION XI. INFINITY IN PLEASING OBJECTS

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SECTION XII. DIFFICULTY

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SECTION XIII. MAGNIFICENCE

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SECTION XIV. LIGHT

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SECTION XV. LIGHT IN BUILDING

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SECTION XVI. COLOR CONSIDERED AS PRODUCTIVE OF THE SUBLIME

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SECTION XVII. SOUND AND LOUDNESS

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SECTION XVIII. SUDDENNESS

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SECTION XIX. INTERMITTING

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SECTION XX. THE CRIES OF ANIMALS

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SECTION XXI. SMELL AND TASTE.—BITTERS AND STENCHES

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SECTION XXII. FEELING.—PAIN

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PART III

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SECTION I. OF BEAUTY

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SECTION II. PROPORTION NOT THE CAUSE OF BEAUTY IN VEGETABLES

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SECTION III. PROPORTION NOT THE CAUSE OF BEAUTY IN ANIMALS

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SECTION IV. PROPORTION NOT THE CAUSE OF BEAUTY IN THE HUMAN SPECIES

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SECTION V. PROPORTION FURTHER CONSIDERED

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SECTION VI. FITNESS NOT THE CAUSE OF BEAUTY

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SECTION VII. THE REAL EFFECTS OF FITNESS

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SECTION VIII. THE RECAPITULATION

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SECTION IX. PERFECTION NOT THE CAUSE OF BEAUTY

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SECTION X. HOW FAR THE IDEA OF BEAUTY MAY BE APPLIED TO THE QUALITIES OF THE MIND

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SECTION XI. HOW FAR THE IDEA OF BEAUTY MAY BE APPLIED TO VIRTUE

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SECTION XII. THE REAL CAUSE OF BEAUTY

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SECTION XIII. BEAUTIFUL OBJECTS SMALL

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SECTION XIV. SMOOTHNESS

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SECTION XV. GRADUAL VARIATION

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SECTION XVI. DELICACY

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SECTION XVII. BEAUTY IN COLOR

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SECTION XVIII. RECAPITULATION

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SECTION XIX. THE PHYSIOGNOMY

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SECTION XX. THE EYE

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SECTION XXI. UGLINESS

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SECTION XXII. GRACE

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SECTION XXIII. ELEGANCE AND SPECIOUSNESS

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SECTION XXIV. THE BEAUTIFUL IN FEELING

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SECTION XXV. THE BEAUTIFUL IN SOUNDS

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SECTION XXVI. TASTE AND SMELL

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SECTION XXVII. THE SUBLIME AND BEAUTIFUL COMPARED

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PART IV

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SECTION I. OF THE EFFICIENT CAUSE OF THE SUBLIME AND BEAUTIFUL

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SECTION II. ASSOCIATION

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SECTION III. CAUSE OF PAIN AND FEAR

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SECTION IV. CONTINUED

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SECTION V. HOW THE SUBLIME IS PRODUCED

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SECTION VI. HOW PAIN CAN BE A CAUSE OF DELIGHT

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SECTION VII. EXERCISE NECESSARY FOR THE FINER ORGANS

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SECTION VIII. WHY THINGS NOT DANGEROUS SOMETIMES PRODUCE A PASSION LIKE TERROR

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SECTION IX. WHY VISUAL OBJECTS OF GREAT DIMENSIONS ARE SUBLIME

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SECTION X. UNITY WHY REQUISITE TO VASTNESS

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SECTION XI. THE ARTIFICIAL INFINITE

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SECTION XII. THE VIBRATIONS MUST BE SIMILAR

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SECTION XIII. THE EFFECTS OF SUCCESSION IN VISUAL OBJECTS EXPLAINED

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SECTION XIV. LOCKE’S OPINION CONCERNING DARKNESS CONSIDERED

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SECTION XV. DARKNESS TERRIBLE IN ITS OWN NATURE

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SECTION XVI. WHY DARKNESS IS TERRIBLE

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SECTION XVII. THE EFFECTS OF BLACKNESS

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SECTION XVIII. THE EFFECTS OF BLACKNESS MODERATED

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SECTION XIX. THE PHYSICAL CAUSE OF LOVE

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SECTION XX. WHY SMOOTHNESS IS BEAUTIFUL

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SECTION XXI. SWEETNESS, ITS NATURE

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SECTION XXII. SWEETNESS RELAXING

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SECTION XXIII. VARIATION, WHY BEAUTIFUL

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SECTION XXIV. CONCERNING SMALLNESS

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SECTION XXV. OF COLOR

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PART V

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SECTION I. OF WORDS

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SECTION II. THE COMMON EFFECTS OF POETRY, NOT BY RAISING IDEAS OF THINGS

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SECTION III. GENERAL WORDS BEFORE IDEAS

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SECTION IV. THE EFFECT OF WORDS

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SECTION V. EXAMPLES THAT WORDS MAY AFFECT WITHOUT RAISING IMAGES

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SECTION VI. POETRY NOT STRICTLY AN IMITATIVE ART

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SECTION VII. HOW WORDS INFLUENCE THE PASSIONS

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A Philosophical Inquiry Into the Origin of Our Ideas

Edmund Burke

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice. An eloquent and sometimes even erotic book, the Philosophical Enquiry was long dismissed as a piece of mere juvenilia. However, Burke's analysis of the relationship between emotion, beauty, and art form...

Table of Contents:

Preface

Introduction: On Taste

PART I

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

PART II

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 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

PART III

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

PART IV

SECTION I. OF THE EFFICIENT CAUSE OF THE SUBLIME AND BEAUTIFUL

SECTION II. ASSOCIATION