Body and Mind: An Inquiry Into Their Connection and Mutual Influence, Specially in Reference to Mental DisordersD. Appleton, 1871 - 155 Seiten |
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... less and unprofitable discussion , men should apply themselves diligently to discover , by direct interroga- tion of Nature , how much matter can do without spir- itual help . Let each investigator pursue the method PREFACE . of ...
... less and unprofitable discussion , men should apply themselves diligently to discover , by direct interroga- tion of Nature , how much matter can do without spir- itual help . Let each investigator pursue the method PREFACE . of ...
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... less - for he must use words which have al- ready meanings of a metaphysical kind attached to them , and which , when used , are therefore for him more or less a misinterpretation . He is thus forced into an apparent encroachment on ...
... less - for he must use words which have al- ready meanings of a metaphysical kind attached to them , and which , when used , are therefore for him more or less a misinterpretation . He is thus forced into an apparent encroachment on ...
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... less attractive duty of observation of facts , and induction from them . Surely it is time we put seriously to ourselves the question whether the inductive method , which has proved its worth by its abundant fruit- fulness wherever it ...
... less attractive duty of observation of facts , and induction from them . Surely it is time we put seriously to ourselves the question whether the inductive method , which has proved its worth by its abundant fruit- fulness wherever it ...
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... less automatic than the instinctive acts of the bee , or the acts of the pigeon deprived of its hemispheres . When we move about in a room with the objects in which we are quite familiar , we direct our steps so as to avoid them ...
... less automatic than the instinctive acts of the bee , or the acts of the pigeon deprived of its hemispheres . When we move about in a room with the objects in which we are quite familiar , we direct our steps so as to avoid them ...
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... less to one another's sufferings ; and there can be no question that the brain , as the leading member of this physiological union , is sensible of , and affected by , the con- ditions of its fellow - members . We have not the same ...
... less to one another's sufferings ; and there can be no question that the brain , as the leading member of this physiological union , is sensible of , and affected by , the con- ditions of its fellow - members . We have not the same ...
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activity animal Archbishop of York Aristotle asylum atheism become bodily body brain cause cell cerebral hemispheres character chemical affinity chemical compound chemical force colloidal complex consciousness convolutions convulsions definite degeneracy delusions disease disorder display effects elements energy epilepsy epileptic evolution exalted excited exhibit existence external fact feeling Goethe heat Herbert Spencer higher highest human ideas idiocy idiot individual inorganic insane neurosis instinct intelligence kind knowledge laws lecture less living matter mania manifest melancholia ment mental derangement mental functions mind molecular molecules moral morbid motor motor centres movements muscles muscular Nature nerve nerve-cell nerve-centres nervous neuralgia neurine observation occur organic matter patient phenomena PHILOSOPHICAL INQUIRY philosophy phthisis physical physiological produced reflex action relations scientific sensation senses sensibility sensory sometimes spinal cord structure supreme centres symptoms takes place things thought tion tissue true ture uncon vague vital action vital force volition
Beliebte Passagen
Seite 51 - Yet I doubt not through the ages one increasing purpose runs, And the thoughts of men are widened with the process of the suns.
Seite 95 - On earth there is nothing great but man, In man there is nothing great but mind.
Seite 112 - It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man's mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds about to religion. For while the mind of man looketh upon second causes scattered, it may sometimes rest in them, and go no further; but when it beholdeth the chain of them, confederate and linked together, it must needs fly to Providence and Deity.
Seite 125 - But it is manifest that Plato, in his opinion of ideas, as one that had a wit of elevation situate as upon a cliff, did descry, " That forms were the true object of " knowledge;" but lost the real fruit of his opinion, by considering of forms as absolutely abstracted from matter, and not confined and determined by matter ; and so turning his opinion upon theology, wherewith all his natural philosophy is infected.
Seite 120 - We carry with us the wonders we seek without us: there is all Africa and her prodigies in us; we are that bold and adventurous piece of Nature, which he that studies wisely learns in a compendium what others labour at in a divided piece and endless volume.
Seite 78 - The monthly activity of the ovaries, which marks the advent of puberty in women, has a notable effect upon the mind and body; wherefore it may become an important cause of mental and physical derangement.
Seite 94 - As physicians, we cannot afford to lose sight of the physical aspects of mental states, if we would truly comprehend the nature of mental disease, and learn to treat it with success. The metaphysician may, for the...
Seite 134 - The colloidal is, in fact, a dynamical state of matter, the crystalloidal being the statical condition. The colloid possesses Energia. It may be looked upon as the probable primary source of the force appearing in the phenomena of vitality.