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Paradox of Tragedy
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[New Entry by Jonathan Gilmore on January 13, 2025.]
David Hume famously remarked on a curious response we have to certain works of art that cause us to feel unhappiness or distress: It seems an unaccountable pleasure, which the spectators of a well-written tragedy receive from sorrow, terror, anxiety, and other…

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