Excerpt from Analysis and Theory of the Emotions: With Dissertations on Beauty Sublimity and the LudicrousIN a work published by the Author a few years ago, entitled An Enquiry into the Principles of Human Happiness and Human Duty, a detailed account was given of some of the principal desires, chie¿y with a view to their in¿uence upon human happiness, but no attempt was made at a general classification and theory of the Emotions, such as is contained in the present volume. Those desires which were treated of at large in the previous work are here but brie¿y noticed, the reader being referred to the Enquiry for a fuller investigation.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.