The Elements of Intellectual PhilosophySheldon, 1865 - 426 páginas |
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... frequently err in their attempts at self - im- provement . It has seemed to me , therefore , that a work of this kind would be manifestly imperfect , did it not , directly as well as indirectly , aid the student in his efforts to ...
... frequently err in their attempts at self - im- provement . It has seemed to me , therefore , that a work of this kind would be manifestly imperfect , did it not , directly as well as indirectly , aid the student in his efforts to ...
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... frequently left out of view . But , granting the facts , they do not justify the conclu- sion that is drawn from them . Suppose the brain to be - the instrument which the mind uses in its intercourse 20 INTELLECTUAL PHILOSOPHY .
... frequently left out of view . But , granting the facts , they do not justify the conclu- sion that is drawn from them . Suppose the brain to be - the instrument which the mind uses in its intercourse 20 INTELLECTUAL PHILOSOPHY .
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... frequently for a while with entire regularity , when consciousness has been suspended by in- jury of the brain . As this part of the nervous system has nothing to do with thought and volition , we may dismiss it from our considera- tion ...
... frequently for a while with entire regularity , when consciousness has been suspended by in- jury of the brain . As this part of the nervous system has nothing to do with thought and volition , we may dismiss it from our considera- tion ...
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... frequently arisen , since the perception is predicated upon the sensation , and the sensation conveys to us no knowledge of an external world , whence is our knowl- edge of an external world derived ? From these data it has seemed ...
... frequently arisen , since the perception is predicated upon the sensation , and the sensation conveys to us no knowledge of an external world , whence is our knowl- edge of an external world derived ? From these data it has seemed ...
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... frequently put this question to the classes which I have instructed , and I find the testimony not altogether uniform . Some few young gentlemen in every class have assured me that they had as definite a conception of a smell as they ...
... frequently put this question to the classes which I have instructed , and I find the testimony not altogether uniform . Some few young gentlemen in every class have assured me that they had as definite a conception of a smell as they ...
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able absolute substance acknowledged law acquired affirm arrive attention auditory nerve awaken beautiful become believe binocular vision body Book brain called cause and effect chap character cognize color conceive condition consciousness cultivate derived discover distinct elements emotion endowed Essay event evidence existence external object external world fact faculties feel form a conception frequently gism give hear Hence human ideas imagination individual instance intellectual intuitive knowledge Julius Cæsar knowledge labor language Laura Bridgman laws Locke manner matter memory mental mind mixed mathematics mode nature nerves never notion observe occasion optic nerve original ourselves papillæ Paradise Lost particular perceive perception philosophical precisely present proceed produced proposition prove quadrupeds qualities reasoning recollection refer Reid relation remark respect result retina secundo-primary sensation sight smell sound sublime suggested suppose syllogism taste testimony things thought tion touch true truth University Algebra
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Página 384 - It is now sixteen or seventeen years since I saw the queen of France, then the dauphiness, at Versailles; and surely never lighted on this orb, which she hardly seemed to touch, a more delightful vision.
Página 412 - No matter in what language his doom may have been pronounced; no matter what complexion incompatible with freedom, an Indian or an African sun may have...
Página 134 - The bell strikes one. We take no note of time, But from its loss. To give it then a tongue, Is wise in man. As if an angel spoke, I feel the solemn sound. If heard aright, It is the knell of my departed hours: Where are they?
Página 227 - We were now treading that illustrious Island, which was once the luminary of the Caledonian regions, whence savage clans and roving barbarians derived the benefits of knowledge, and the blessings of religion. To abstract the mind from all local emotion would be impossible, if it were endeavoured, and would be foolish, if it were possible.
Página 6 - Sometimes it lieth in pat allusion to a known story, or in seasonable application of a trivial saying, or in forging an apposite tale : sometimes it playeth in words and phrases, taking advantage from the ambiguity of their sense, or the affinity of their sound...
Página 412 - ... no matter with what solemnities he may have been devoted upon the altar of slavery ; the first moment he touches the sacred soil of Britain, the altar and the god sink together in the dust ; his soul walks abroad in her own majesty ; his body swells beyond the measure of his chains that burst from around him, and he stands redeemed, regenerated, and disenthralled, by the irresistible Genius of UNIVERSAL EMANCIPATION ! [Here Mr.
Página 147 - First, our senses, conversant about particular sensible objects, do convey into the mind several distinct perceptions of things, according to those various ways wherein those objects do affect them ; and thus we come by those ideas we have of yellow, white, heat, cold, soft, hard, bitter, sweet, and all those which we call sensible qualities...
Página 414 - Being now resolved to be a poet, I saw every thing with a new purpose ; my sphere of attention was suddenly magnified : no kind of knowledge was to be overlooked. I ranged mountains and deserts for images and resemblances, and pictured upon my mind every tree of the forest and flower of the valley.
Página 148 - Let any one examine his own thoughts, and thoroughly search into his understanding, and then let him tell me, whether all the original ideas he has there, are any other than of the objects of his senses, or of the operations of his mind considered as objects of his reflection; and how great a mass of knowledge soever he imagines to be lodged there, he will, upon taking a strict view, see that he has not any idea in his mind but what one of these two have imprinted, though perhaps with infinite variety...
Página 5 - Your infants in your arms, and there have sat The live-long day, with patient expectation, To see great Pompey pass the streets of Rome...