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Sensibility

Title page of the first edition of An Essay Concerning Human Understanding by John Locke, 1689.
Emma Hamilton as Sensibility. Stipple engraving, 1789, after a painting by George Romney.[1]

Sensibility refers to an acute perception of or responsiveness toward something, such as the emotions of another. This concept emerged in eighteenth-century Britain, and was closely associated with studies of sense perception as the means through which knowledge is gathered. It also became associated with sentimental moral philosophy.

  1. ^ "Emma Hamilton in an attitude towards a mimosa plant, causing it to demonstrate sensibility. Stipple engraving by R. Earlom, 1789, after G. Romney".

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