The World of Mind: An Elementary BookHarper & brothers, 1858 - 378 Seiten |
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... feeling , reason , are secretions from the brain and nervous substance throughout the body , and that , therefore , the alleged distinction between ani- mal physiology and the science of Mind is illusory , or that it can be admitted ...
... feeling , reason , are secretions from the brain and nervous substance throughout the body , and that , therefore , the alleged distinction between ani- mal physiology and the science of Mind is illusory , or that it can be admitted ...
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... spirits that are the most alive , and with whom feeling , and volition , and power - consciousness , and reflective action , and progress , are the characteristics of the individual . As it is the distinction of 20 THE WORLD OF MIND .
... spirits that are the most alive , and with whom feeling , and volition , and power - consciousness , and reflective action , and progress , are the characteristics of the individual . As it is the distinction of 20 THE WORLD OF MIND .
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... feelings and habits which will hereafter claim to be considered mix themselves with the merely abstract notion of which we are in quest . For the purpose , therefore , of keeping clear of these mixed conceptions as far as possible , we ...
... feelings and habits which will hereafter claim to be considered mix themselves with the merely abstract notion of which we are in quest . For the purpose , therefore , of keeping clear of these mixed conceptions as far as possible , we ...
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... feeling of any sort . 74. Throughout the course of any such substitu- tions or shiftings of scenes , whether voluntary or oth- erwise , I retain a persuasion of my own individual continuous existence apart from and independent of any ...
... feeling of any sort . 74. Throughout the course of any such substitu- tions or shiftings of scenes , whether voluntary or oth- erwise , I retain a persuasion of my own individual continuous existence apart from and independent of any ...
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... feeling as if the powers of thought were stagnating . We speak , then , of being , or of ex- istence , and of substance , material or immaterial . These words represent nothing that can be analyzed , for the notions they convey ( if any ) ...
... feeling as if the powers of thought were stagnating . We speak , then , of being , or of ex- istence , and of substance , material or immaterial . These words represent nothing that can be analyzed , for the notions they convey ( if any ) ...
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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.