 I was in a dull state of nerves, such as everybody is occasionally liable to; unsusceptible to enjoyment or pleasurable excitement; one of those moods when what is pleasure at other times, becomes insipid or indifferent; the state, I should think, in...  Fraser's Magazine - Page 6671873Full view - About this book
 | Beate Rössler - Philosophy - 2004 - 260 pages
...animated existence. But the time came when I wakened from this as from a dream. It was the autumn of 1826. I was in a dull state of nerves, such as everybody is occasionally liable to. ... In this frame of mind it occurred to me to put the question directly to myself, "Suppose that all... | |
 | Mike W. Martin - Philosophy - 2006 - 248 pages
..."irremediable wretchedness" before gradually subsiding. The occasion for the self-questioning is noteworthy: "I was in a dull state of nerves, such as everybody...are, when smitten by their first 'conviction of sin.' " It seems that when he posed his fateful question, Mill was already in a mild depression characterized... | |
 | Robert D. Richardson - Philosophers - 2006 - 660 pages
...he fell into a depression. It was the autumn of 1826. "I was in a dull state of nerves," he wrote, "such as everybody is occasionally liable to: unsusceptible...pleasure at other times becomes insipid or indifferent." While in this frame of mind he asked himself: "Suppose that all your objects in life were realized:... | |
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