Map · Book 2: Of the Passions · Part 3: Of the will and direct passions · T 2.3.9 Of the direct passions
T 2.3.9.22
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We find that an evil, barely conceiv'd as possible, does sometimes produce fear; especially if the evil be very great. A man cannot think of excessive pains and tortures without trembling, if he be in the least danger of suffering them. The smallness of the probability is compensated by the greatness of the evil; and the sensation is equally lively, as if the evil were more probable. One view or glimpse of the former, has the same effect as several of the latter.
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| Ainslie 2008 focused | T 2.3.9 T 2.3.9 (32 paragraphs) Citation pattern | …ceptions: impressions cause ideas (T 1.1.1), the idea of a future pleasure causes desire (T 2.3.9), the passion of lo… |