Letters on the Philosophy of the Human Mind: First SeriesLongman, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1855 - 250 páginas |
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... simple act , although as a mode of expression it is frequently convenient . " Water quenches thirst , " is as expressive as " water has the power of quenching thirst . ” " Heat melts lead , " conveys as much as " heat has the power of ...
... simple act , although as a mode of expression it is frequently convenient . " Water quenches thirst , " is as expressive as " water has the power of quenching thirst . ” " Heat melts lead , " conveys as much as " heat has the power of ...
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... simple notions are by the laws of our constitution pre- sented to our thoughts . " Notions presented to thoughts ! Dr. Brown , although aware of the evil effects of such language , is not much behind his master , when he tells us , that ...
... simple notions are by the laws of our constitution pre- sented to our thoughts . " Notions presented to thoughts ! Dr. Brown , although aware of the evil effects of such language , is not much behind his master , when he tells us , that ...
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... simple facts are presented . Again , the same writer tells us : - " Sensation by itself is deprived of all light , and does not know itself , while reason knows itself and knows all the rest , and goes beyond the sphere of ' ! ? ' the ...
... simple facts are presented . Again , the same writer tells us : - " Sensation by itself is deprived of all light , and does not know itself , while reason knows itself and knows all the rest , and goes beyond the sphere of ' ! ? ' the ...
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... simple inquiry always to be made , in the case of descriptions and explanations of mental phenomena , · -are the descriptive or ex- planatory facts mental or physical ? If they are neither , they are of course nonentities - mere ...
... simple inquiry always to be made , in the case of descriptions and explanations of mental phenomena , · -are the descriptive or ex- planatory facts mental or physical ? If they are neither , they are of course nonentities - mere ...
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... simple facts in a dress woven by his imagination . The truth is , that the language of the philo- sopher of Königsberg , as I have already remarked , is exceedingly figurative ; and it is frequently difficult , in following his cumbrous ...
... simple facts in a dress woven by his imagination . The truth is , that the language of the philo- sopher of Königsberg , as I have already remarked , is exceedingly figurative ; and it is frequently difficult , in following his cumbrous ...
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