The World of Mind: An Elementary BookHarper & brothers, 1858 - 378 Seiten |
Im Buch
Ergebnisse 1-5 von 91
Seite 7
... manner , upon the precise words that may be em- ployed to convey it . Language must not affect to teach more than is actually known . 3. MIND , so far as we are cognizant of ༢ 7 SECTION PAGE I Statement of the Subject.
... manner , upon the precise words that may be em- ployed to convey it . Language must not affect to teach more than is actually known . 3. MIND , so far as we are cognizant of ༢ 7 SECTION PAGE I Statement of the Subject.
Seite 12
... manner , leaves the two standing to threaten each other with demolition . While they do so , the two neutralize each other as to any influence they might exert upon the course of science . Thus , on one side , it has been maintained ...
... manner , leaves the two standing to threaten each other with demolition . While they do so , the two neutralize each other as to any influence they might exert upon the course of science . Thus , on one side , it has been maintained ...
Seite 13
... manner , interfere with , or in the least degree con- trol , the course of genuine science . On either hy- pothesis we shall be called to give attention to the very same facts , and then we must reason concerning them on the very same ...
... manner , interfere with , or in the least degree con- trol , the course of genuine science . On either hy- pothesis we shall be called to give attention to the very same facts , and then we must reason concerning them on the very same ...
Seite 14
... manner , but not more so , is MIND . At all these points alike , and as to each of them for the same reasons , we reach a limit which the human mind has never yet passed . But it is not true that Mind is more occult , as to its inner ...
... manner , but not more so , is MIND . At all these points alike , and as to each of them for the same reasons , we reach a limit which the human mind has never yet passed . But it is not true that Mind is more occult , as to its inner ...
Seite 16
... historically and critically rather than in a direct and didactic manner ; they have not merely reported ancient opinions , but have thought A it incumbent upon them to discuss their merits , ap- 16 THE WORLD OF MIND .
... historically and critically rather than in a direct and didactic manner ; they have not merely reported ancient opinions , but have thought A it incumbent upon them to discuss their merits , ap- 16 THE WORLD OF MIND .
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.