Elements of the Philosophy of the Human MindWilliam Fessenden, 1813 - 509 páginas |
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... have the evidence of our own consciouf- nefs , our conclufions will be no lefs certain , than thofe in phyfics : but if our curiofity leads us to at- C tempt an explanation of the affociation of ideas , by OF THE HUMAN MIND . 17.
... have the evidence of our own consciouf- nefs , our conclufions will be no lefs certain , than thofe in phyfics : but if our curiofity leads us to at- C tempt an explanation of the affociation of ideas , by OF THE HUMAN MIND . 17.
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... lefs myfterious than thofe of mind ; and we are apt to think that leading object is to ascertain the principles of our nature , in so far as they can be discovered by attention to the subjects of our own consciousness ; and to apply ...
... lefs myfterious than thofe of mind ; and we are apt to think that leading object is to ascertain the principles of our nature , in so far as they can be discovered by attention to the subjects of our own consciousness ; and to apply ...
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... lefs unphilosophical to attempt an explanation of percep- tion , or of the affociation of ideas , upon mechanical principles ; than it would be to explain the phenom- ena of gravitation , by fuppofing , as fome of the an- cients did ...
... lefs unphilosophical to attempt an explanation of percep- tion , or of the affociation of ideas , upon mechanical principles ; than it would be to explain the phenom- ena of gravitation , by fuppofing , as fome of the an- cients did ...
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... lefs ftriking marks of divine wisdom . While all the fciences , and all the purfuits of life , have this common tendency to lead our inquiries to the philofophy of the human nature , this laft branch of knowledge borrows its principles ...
... lefs ftriking marks of divine wisdom . While all the fciences , and all the purfuits of life , have this common tendency to lead our inquiries to the philofophy of the human nature , this laft branch of knowledge borrows its principles ...
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... lefs neceffary for individuals , when they arrive at maturity , to form plans of improvement for them- felves . But education never can be fyftematically directed to its proper objects , till we have obtained , not only an accurate ...
... lefs neceffary for individuals , when they arrive at maturity , to form plans of improvement for them- felves . But education never can be fyftematically directed to its proper objects , till we have obtained , not only an accurate ...
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abftraction afcertain affociation of ideas againſt appear arifes attention cafe caufes cauſe circumftances conception conclufions confequence confideration confidered conftitution courſe curiofity degree diftinct diſcoveries doctrine effect effential eſtabliſhed exerciſe exift exiſtence expreffed expreffion facts faculties fame fays fcience feems fenfations fenfe fenfible fhall fhould fimilar firft firſt fituation fleep fociety fome fometimes fpecies fpeculations ftate ftill ftriking ftudy fubfervient fubject fuch fufficient fuggefted fuppofe fuppofition furniſh fyftem genius habits happineſs himſelf human ical illuftrate imagination impoffible impreffions influence inftances inquiries intellectual inveſtigation itſelf knowledge language lefs Lord Bacon meaſure memory mind moft moſt muft muſt nature neceffary obfervations objects occafion opinion particular perception perfon philofophers phyfical pleaſe pleaſure poffeffed poffible prefent principles procefs profe progrefs purpoſe purſuits quæ reafon recollect refpect refult remarks ſtate ſtudy tafte thefe themſelves theory theſe things thofe thoſe thought tion truth underſtanding univerfals uſe whofe words
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Página 123 - O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast?
Página 75 - That gravity should be innate, inherent and essential to matter, so that one body may act upon another at a distance through a vacuum, without the mediation of anything else by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is to me so great an absurdity, that I believe no man who has in philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking can ever fall into it.
Página 259 - And, calmly bent, to servitude conform, Dull as their lakes that slumber in the storm. Heavens ! how unlike their Belgic sires of old! Rough, poor, content, ungovernably bold ; War in each breast and freedom on each brow ; How much unlike the sons of Britain now ! Fired at the sound, my genius spreads her wing, And flies where Britain courts the western spring ; Where lawns extend that scorn Arcadian pride, And brighter streams than famed Hydaspes glide.
Página 508 - But going over the theory of virtue in one's thoughts, talking well, and drawing fine pictures of it, — this is so far from necessarily or certainly conducing to form a habit of it, in him who thus employs himself, that it may harden the mind in a contrary course, and render it gradually more insensible, ie, form a habit of insensibility to all moral considerations.
Página 79 - But this universal and primary opinion of all men is soon destroyed by the slightest philosophy, which teaches us, that nothing can ever be present to the mind but an image or perception, and that the senses are only the inlets, through which these images are conveyed, without being able to produce any immediate intercourse between the mind and the object.
Página 441 - Where shaggy forms o'er ice-built mountains roam, The Muse has broke the twilight gloom To cheer the shivering native's dull abode. And oft, beneath the odorous shade Of Chili's boundless forests laid, She deigns to hear the savage youth repeat, In loose numbers wildly sweet, Their feather-cinctured chiefs, and dusky loves. Her track, where'er the goddess roves, Glory pursue, and generous Shame, The...
Página 441 - And oft, beneath the odorous shade Of Chili's boundless forests laid, She deigns to hear the savage youth repeat In loose numbers wildly sweet Their feather-cinctured chiefs and dusky loves. Her track, where'er the Goddess roves, Glory pursue, and generous Shame, Th' unconquerable Mind, and Freedom's holy flame.
Página 509 - Perception of danger is a natural excitement of passive fear and active caution ; and by being inured to danger, habits of the latter are gradually wrought, at the same time that the former gradually lessens.
Página 471 - Cartes and his followers rejected, and refuted by solid arguments ; but the second part, neither he nor his followers have thought of calling in question ; being persuaded, that it is only a representative image, in the mind, of the external object that we perceive, and not the object itself. And this image, which the Peripatetics called a species, he calls an idea, changing the name only, while he admits the thing.
Página 509 - Perception of distress in others is a natural excitement, passively to pity, and actively to relieve it : but let a man set himself to attend to, inquire out, and relieve distressed persons, and he cannot but grow less and less sensibly affected with the various miseries of life, with which he must become acquainted ; when yet, at the same time, benevolence, considered not as a passion, but as a practical principle of action, will strengthen : and whilst he passively compassionates the distressed...