The World of Mind: An Elementary BookHarper & brothers, 1858 - 378 Seiten |
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... principles of reasoning . 11. A uniform adherence to this rule will enable us to steer clear of controversies , the introduction of which has given color to the supposition that intellectual philosophy is concerned with , obscure ...
... principles of reasoning . 11. A uniform adherence to this rule will enable us to steer clear of controversies , the introduction of which has given color to the supposition that intellectual philosophy is concerned with , obscure ...
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... principles , and , at length , we must come to the very same conclusions . This in- consequence of the two theories will become still more manifest as we advance . The two ... principle of vegetative life STATEMENT OF THE SUBJECT . 13.
... principles , and , at length , we must come to the very same conclusions . This in- consequence of the two theories will become still more manifest as we advance . The two ... principle of vegetative life STATEMENT OF THE SUBJECT . 13.
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An Elementary Book Isaac Taylor. nature of light , and the principle of vegetative life , these things are utterly inscrutable ; so , also , is the principle of animal life ; and so , in like manner , but not more so , is MIND . At all ...
An Elementary Book Isaac Taylor. nature of light , and the principle of vegetative life , these things are utterly inscrutable ; so , also , is the principle of animal life ; and so , in like manner , but not more so , is MIND . At all ...
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... principle , if strictly applied , be assigned to its place in a comprehensive scheme of mental philosophy . All those products of reason which place man , when cultured , in a position im- measurably in advance of the animal orders ...
... principle , if strictly applied , be assigned to its place in a comprehensive scheme of mental philosophy . All those products of reason which place man , when cultured , in a position im- measurably in advance of the animal orders ...
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... also were to become extinct . This , at least , must be said , that these ab- stract principles have an aspect of independent and B unchangeable reality , such as compels us to conceive of DISTRIBUTION OF THE SUBJECT . 25.
... also were to become extinct . This , at least , must be said , that these ab- stract principles have an aspect of independent and B unchangeable reality , such as compels us to conceive of DISTRIBUTION OF THE SUBJECT . 25.
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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.