Edmund Burke and the paradox of tragedy

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2015-05

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This paper examines Edmund Burke's response to the paradox of tragedy in his Inquiry and argues that it is not a desire to experience sympathy that motivates our desire to encounter the tragic but rather a desire for sublimity.

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Sublime, Paradox of Tragedy, Edmund Burke, David Hume

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