...movement of pain a little moderated becomes pleasure. Hence it proceeds as there is such a thing as sorrow soft and agreeable: it is a pain weakened and...the representation has almost the effect of reality; yet it has not altogether that effect. However we may be hurried away by the spectacle, whatever dominion...

...becomes pain; and that the movement of pain, a little moderated, becomes pleasure. Hence it proceeds that there is such a thing as a sorrow, soft and agreeable: It is a pain weakened and diminished."03 The idea of falsehood, which always remains with us as we watch a fictional representation,...

...century and at the same time offered an explanation for our ability to take pleasure from others' pain: The heart likes naturally to be moved and affected....sorrowful, provided they are softened by some circumstance. . . . The theatre . . . has almost the effect of reality; yet it has not altogether that effect. However...

...becomes pain, and that the movement of pain, a little moderate, becomes pleasure. Hence it proceeds, that there is such a thing as a sorrow, soft and agreeable:...the representation has almost the effect of reality; yet it has not altogether that effect. However we may be hurried away by the spectacle, whatever dominion...

...becomes pain, and that the movement of pain, a little moderate, becomes pleasure. Hence it proceeds, that there is such a thing as a sorrow, soft and agreeable:...the representation has almost the effect of reality; yet it has not altogether that effect. However we may be hurried away by the spectacle, whatever dominion...

...movement of pain, a little moderate, becomes pleasure. Hence it proceeds, that there is such a thmg as a sorrow, soft and agreeable : it is a pain weakened...diminished. The heart likes naturally to be moved and afeeted. Melancholy objects suit it, and even ^disastrous and sorrowful, provided they are softened...