The World of Mind: An Elementary BookHarper & brothers, 1858 - 378 Seiten |
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... constitution of the mind ; genera and species belong to the shell of life , not to its kernel . 9. The distinction here made between the animal structure , with its specific contour , and its functions , and the Mind , is the ground of ...
... constitution of the mind ; genera and species belong to the shell of life , not to its kernel . 9. The distinction here made between the animal structure , with its specific contour , and its functions , and the Mind , is the ground of ...
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... constitution of the elements in the material world is inscrutable ; the gravitating force , and the principle of chemical affinity , and the nature of light , and the principle of vegetative life STATEMENT OF THE SUBJECT . 13.
... constitution of the elements in the material world is inscrutable ; the gravitating force , and the principle of chemical affinity , and the nature of light , and the principle of vegetative life STATEMENT OF THE SUBJECT . 13.
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... what might be called a catholic belief concerning the intellectual and moral constitution of man . These appreciable advances to- ward an accepted system warrant the expectation that more will STATEMENT OF THE SUBJECT . 17.
... what might be called a catholic belief concerning the intellectual and moral constitution of man . These appreciable advances to- ward an accepted system warrant the expectation that more will STATEMENT OF THE SUBJECT . 17.
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... constitution . At this stage it is enough to know that we have touched the limit of those abstractions which come within the range of our faculties . 72. There is , however , yet an intellectual necessity to be supplied ; a word or two ...
... constitution . At this stage it is enough to know that we have touched the limit of those abstractions which come within the range of our faculties . 72. There is , however , yet an intellectual necessity to be supplied ; a word or two ...
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... constitution of the human mind , and which are the foundation of all knowledge , ordi- nary or scientific . 103. On the one hand , to reject these primary con- victions because they can not be made good by rea- soning , or , on the ...
... constitution of the human mind , and which are the foundation of all knowledge , ordi- nary or scientific . 103. On the one hand , to reject these primary con- victions because they can not be made good by rea- soning , or , on the ...
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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
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.