uneasiness, n.Definitions

Uneasiness (n.) pushes ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠harder than pleasure pulls: a little burning felt moves us more than a greater joy in prospect.

Uneasiness (n.) however ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠great does not move the will when it is judged not capable of a cure, and in that case puts us not upon endeavours.

Uneasiness (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠the only thing that ever moves us: contentment keeps us where we are, and every change begins in some discomfort.

Uneasiness (n.) before ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠others is "God knows what he thinks of me!" — that is, God knows what he makes me be: a stranger who is my being and whom I shall never meet.

Uneasiness (n.) at ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠another's power to harm me is not undone when he never harms me: philosophically he never had the power, since he never exerted it, but the uncertainty already did its work on the passions.

Uneasiness (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠what is left when the tension between a watcher and the watched never resolves into a shape: the threat can be gone and the unease will still outlast habit.