On the philosophy of pleasure, 1751 Oct 28 - Nov 15.

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On the philosophy of pleasure, 1751 Oct 28 - Nov 15.

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Manuscript on paper, in a single hand, of a treatise on the philosophy of pleasure and happiness as it corresponds with Christian beliefs, whereby "the body is no more to be excluded in our inquiry, than to be seperated from us, while we are in our mortal state; yet plesures merely corporeal is not the business of philosophic happiness, for they, beyond compare, are exceeded by those of the mind." The author, addressing at length the relationship between the sexes, writes that "the pleasure we are to reap from female conversation, in the light we are thinking of, must be chiefly mental, & tis as rare to be found, as tis excellent." Elsewhere, he criticizes Quakers and Methodists, asking, "Do we not justly accuse the quakers for taking literally our Savr's command, 'Swear not at all,'" and mentioning "a man now in Bedlam, a methodist as called in thir newfangled inventions, who pulled out one of his eyes." In support of his arguments, the author quotes from Milton's "Paradise Lost" throughout.

1 v. (31 p.) ; 19 x 16 cm.

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