The World of Mind: An Elementary BookHarper & brothers, 1858 - 378 Seiten |
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... element- ary book of moderate size , such subjects only are in- troduced as might be presented apart from controver- sial references to books , either of the present time or of times past . Any such references , to be servicea- ble to ...
... element- ary book of moderate size , such subjects only are in- troduced as might be presented apart from controver- sial references to books , either of the present time or of times past . Any such references , to be servicea- ble to ...
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... regard their contour and their animal structure , and if we think only of those elements of Mind that are indicated in their in- stincts , their habits , and their spontaneous movements , A 2 STATEMENT OF THE SUBJECT . 9.
... regard their contour and their animal structure , and if we think only of those elements of Mind that are indicated in their in- stincts , their habits , and their spontaneous movements , A 2 STATEMENT OF THE SUBJECT . 9.
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... . The 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.
... . The 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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... animal orders around him , are the fruit of processes of thought , in the course of which the Mind - not , indeed , as if disjoined from * Elements of Thought . the material world , but yet as holding itself off 24 THE WORLD OF MIND .
... animal orders around him , are the fruit of processes of thought , in the course of which the Mind - not , indeed , as if disjoined from * Elements of Thought . the material world , but yet as holding itself off 24 THE WORLD OF MIND .
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... element of Mind as distinguished from matter : matter does not move matter otherwise than as a me- dium , but Mind does move it . 56. That the objects to which we impute extension and solidity are real , and that they are not mere ...
... element of Mind as distinguished from matter : matter does not move matter otherwise than as a me- dium , but Mind does move it . 56. That the objects to which we impute extension and solidity are real , and that they are not mere ...
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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.