The World of Mind: An Elementary BookHarper & brothers, 1858 - 378 Seiten |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 52
Seite 9
... comes to manifest itself clearly by its own distinctive characteristics ; and these , if we as- cend a few steps only on the scale of animated being , become so strongly marked as to preclude all uncer- tainty . 7. Then , as we thus ...
... comes to manifest itself clearly by its own distinctive characteristics ; and these , if we as- cend a few steps only on the scale of animated being , become so strongly marked as to preclude all uncer- tainty . 7. Then , as we thus ...
Seite 10
... comes properly within the limits of the Science of Mind . The two sciences - the physio- logical and the mental - do indeed run parallel through- out almost their entire course , and they often intersect each other ; and they seem to be ...
... comes properly within the limits of the Science of Mind . The two sciences - the physio- logical and the mental - do indeed run parallel through- out almost their entire course , and they often intersect each other ; and they seem to be ...
Seite 22
... comes as clear from clouds , and as open and safe , as the other . There are no mysteries on this ground if we do not make them , or there are none with which we need concern ourselves , if only we adhere to the authentic and ...
... comes as clear from clouds , and as open and safe , as the other . There are no mysteries on this ground if we do not make them , or there are none with which we need concern ourselves , if only we adhere to the authentic and ...
Seite 50
... comes before us , then , in looking at the animated world , the meaning of the cor- relative terms liberty and necessity , or any other terms which may be equivalent to these . 89. It is not until we give attention to this new class of ...
... comes before us , then , in looking at the animated world , the meaning of the cor- relative terms liberty and necessity , or any other terms which may be equivalent to these . 89. It is not until we give attention to this new class of ...
Seite 55
... comes in to check , or to dispel entirely , these im- aginary imputations , and to deprive the term causa- tion of its meaning otherwise than as significant of the fixed sequency of events . Physical science is doing this more and more ...
... comes in to check , or to dispel entirely , these im- aginary imputations , and to deprive the term causa- tion of its meaning otherwise than as significant of the fixed sequency of events . Physical science is doing this more and more ...
Andere Ausgaben - Alle anzeigen
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
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
Beliebte Passagen
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.