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Pleas.s of Friendship dependent on Sense. Whether the pleasures of Friendship depend
upon the pleasures of sense will appear
upon considering the topics of discourse
which can come upon the between
friends.

These are either 1st what are called
in common speech their pleasures:
pleasures confessedly avowedly of sense — eating
drinking Music Love, &c.
or 2dly their Studies
or 3dly their advancement in life:
Now what is meant by their advancement in life is is
the requisition of either riches or honours.
What are riches valuable for? their
producing procuring purchasing the instruments of pleasure.
What are honours valuable for? their producing
respect: & by that means Good

The greatest part bulk of mankind have no
studies. The greatest part bulk of mankind
have no prospects of advancement in life.
they live from day to day without hopes of distinction honours they live
undistinguished: without hopes of accumulating
riches they live from day to day

Are they insusceptible of friendship: men do we
mean by friendship a somthing that
they are unsusceptible of: then friendship
in the world makes but little
figure. Are they susceptible
of it? then the pleasures of friendship
take their require for their nutriment those of sense.

Will.

Sensual valuable perse. The only things valuable for themselves,
are the instruments of sensitive pleasure:
for they are valuable: nobody
disputes that. and if they are not
valuable for themselves, they are valuable
for nothing.
By valuable I mean productive of pleasure

Antiquarian of all pleasures of the mind I can think find
of none so remote from those of sense as are those
of the Antiquarian's are: Let us look out at once for an example source of pleasures that may seem the most remote from sense. We may find such as are perhaps, in that pleasure of the Antiquarian.
A man finds on a piece of copper: he
looks at it and perceives it to be an old
coin: he looks closer and finds he pores over it, and at the end
of a month or two finds it to be the
head of a supposed queen of a
part of a small island: of whose actions
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there is left no trace in history. He is
in raptures.

Whence then it will be asked does the pleasure
of such a man arise: how is it
connected with any pleasure of sense.
the piece he might go to market and starve, before of rusty metal he is so happy
with would not for plete him
the least morsel of to
assuage his hunger.

History. Of a knowledge of History it is easier to
find the use: the many read it [as they
do plays], for amusement: a few read it
for instruction:
The many read it for amusement as they do
plays; to present their stimulate their affection with images
of pain and pleasure passing on their under review before their eyes
of such pain and pleasure as are easily
recognized to originate from the senses: images
of pain and pleasure which were there no
such thing as sensitive pleasure, as the instrument
of sensitive pleasure would not be what they are

Happiness. it's ingredients. All dependent on [BR] ] ] Sense. Pleasures of the Friend. Antiquarian. Historian.

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Box	096	Main Headings	legislation
Folio number	120	Info in main headings field	happiness its ingredients. all dependent on sense. pleasures of the friend antiquarian historian
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