The sublime is a psychological state combining simultaneous pleasure and pain, excitement and fear, occurring when humans confront something that both attracts and terrifies them—the ultimate sublime experience is confronting mortality and the edge of death.
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Robert GreeneEvidence Quote
“A lot of the the new book that I'm writing about which is the sublime is as I'm talking about it's a combination of two emotions of of both kind of pain and pleasure of excitement and fear at the same time.”
Created: 8/11/2026, 1:50:54 AM
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