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T 2.3.10.9

SBN 452 · cited directly by 1 paper

If we want another parallel to these affections, we may consider the passion of gaming, which affords a pleasure from the same principles as hunting and philosophy. It has been remark'd, that the pleasure of gaming arises not from interest alone; since many leave a sure gain for this entertainment: Neither is it deriv'd from the game alone; since the same persons have no satisfaction, when they play for nothing: But proceeds from both these causes united, tho' separately they have no effect. 'Tis here, as in certain chymical preparations, where the mixture of two clear and transparent liquids produces a third, which is opaque and colour'd.

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Ainslie 2003T 2.3.10.8-9
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…12, SBN 271); he now sees it as a recreational activity on a par with hunting or gaining (T 2.3.10.8-9, SBN 451-2). So, in…