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Natural powers in man, the senses, the imagination, and the judgment, i. 82.
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Edmund Burke
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gutenberg.orgEdmund Burke: “Natural powers in man, the senses, the imagination, and the judgment, i. 82.”
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Burke identifies the fundamental natural powers of humans, including senses, imagination, and judgment.
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