The World of Mind: An Elementary BookHarper & brothers, 1858 - 378 Seiten |
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... combined . 50. A sphere is before me which I touch , and find it to be solid and hard : its color is a gray blue - the color of iron . When struck , it gives a sharp metallic sound . If I apply the tongue to it , it affects the taste in ...
... combined . 50. A sphere is before me which I touch , and find it to be solid and hard : its color is a gray blue - the color of iron . When struck , it gives a sharp metallic sound . If I apply the tongue to it , it affects the taste in ...
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... combined impulses of instinct and of sensation : these are laws as certain as gravitation , though they are far more various and complicated . 93. At this point , then , we might stop , and we may think our generalization is sufficient ...
... combined impulses of instinct and of sensation : these are laws as certain as gravitation , though they are far more various and complicated . 93. At this point , then , we might stop , and we may think our generalization is sufficient ...
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... combined , they bring about a certain result , which is seen in the movements of the animal . In- stincts from within and impressions from without are centripetal forces : they act in a radial direction , and meet in that organ — that ...
... combined , they bring about a certain result , which is seen in the movements of the animal . In- stincts from within and impressions from without are centripetal forces : they act in a radial direction , and meet in that organ — that ...
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... combined with other elements . 106. Instances of this kind meet us at every step throughout the circle of the physical sciences ; in truth , such instances constitute the staple of these sci- ences , and they are so abundant that they ...
... combined with other elements . 106. Instances of this kind meet us at every step throughout the circle of the physical sciences ; in truth , such instances constitute the staple of these sci- ences , and they are so abundant that they ...
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... combination of elements . In mechanics , when its principles are apprehended , we create the ap- plications of them in such forms as may suit our pur- poses . 114. It is the perception of difference that first awakens attention , and ...
... combination of elements . In mechanics , when its principles are apprehended , we create the ap- plications of them in such forms as may suit our pur- poses . 114. It is the perception of difference that first awakens attention , and ...
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abstract notions advance affections affirm animal mind animal orders animal organization Astronomy beauty become belief belongs bring brute causation cerning chemical affinity colors concerning condition consciousness constitution course difference distinction elementary book elements emotions existence fact faculty feeling force forward give ground human family human mind human nature human voice hyæna hypothesis ical idea imagine impulse individual infinite infusoria instance instincts intel intellectual philosophy intensity kind labor less logical look Love manner mass material world mathematical matter means ment Mental Philosophy merely metaphysical modes moral motives musical ness never objects ourselves philosophy of Mind physical sciences physiology pleasurable possess present principle purpose question reality reason regard relation remote rudiment scheme sciousness selfism sensations sense social sort species structure supposition sympathies take effect taste things thought tion true truth volition words world of Mind
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Seite 255 - The idea of a man enjoying a train of pleasures, or happiness, is felt by every body to be a pleasurable idea. The idea of a man under a train of sufferings or pains is equally felt to be a painful idea. This can arise from nothing but the association of our own pleasures with the first idea, and of our own pains with the second. We never feel any pains and pleasures but our own.
Seite 103 - That this is the fact might be very safely inferred from what has hitherto been, the issue, without an exception, of the many ingenious theories propounded with the intention of laying open the world of Mind by the help of chemistry, or any of those sciences that are properly called physical. Every theory resting upon this basis has presently gone off into some quackery, raised for awhile among the uneducated, and soon forgotten.
Seite 106 - Much of that which is to invite attention in this elementary book will consist of an exhibition — first, of what is common to all orders of living beings ; and then a setting forth of what is peculiar to the human mind, and which is the ground of its immeasurable superiority.