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“Pleasure and distress, fear and courage, desire and aversion, where have these affections and experiences their seat?Clearly, either in the Soul alone, or in the Soul as employing the body, or in some third entity deriving from both. And for this third entity, again, there are two possible modes: it might be either a blend or a distinct form due to the blending.”

Two Soul Body Might Form Desire Pleasure Thirds Affection Dues Seats Entity Distress Aversion Employing Fear And Courage

Book:Delphi Complete Works of Plotinus - Complete Enneads (Illustrated)

Source: Delphi Complete Works of Plotinus - Complete Enneads (Illustrated)

“It is generally allowed, that no man ever found the happiness of possession proportionate to that expectation which incited his desire, and invigorated his pursuit; nor has any man found the evils of life so formidable in reality, as they were described to him by his own imagination; every species of distress brings with it some peculiar supports, some unforeseen means of resisting, or powers of enduring.”

Men Mean Reality Desire Evil Found Imagination Support Expectations Species Endure Possession Pursuit Peculiar Distress Resisting Formidable Unforeseen

Book:The Wisdom of the Rambler, Adventurer, and Idler

Source: The Wisdom of the Rambler, Adventurer, and Idler

“Regret is distress over a desire unfulfilled or an action performed or not performed.”

Action Desire Regret Distress

Author:Joyce Meyer