Mind and bodyD. Appleton and Company, 1875 - 196 páginas |
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... causes , we are deeply interested in the outward display of emotion . The face of inanimate nature does not arrest our attention so strongly as the deportment of our fellow beings ; in truth , the highest attraction of natural objects ...
... causes , we are deeply interested in the outward display of emotion . The face of inanimate nature does not arrest our attention so strongly as the deportment of our fellow beings ; in truth , the highest attraction of natural objects ...
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... cause of a total change in the moral nature . * The bodily routine of our daily life is the counterpart of the mental routine . A healthy man wakens in the morning with a flush of spirits and energy ; his first meal confirms and re ...
... cause of a total change in the moral nature . * The bodily routine of our daily life is the counterpart of the mental routine . A healthy man wakens in the morning with a flush of spirits and energy ; his first meal confirms and re ...
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... causes affecting the nutrition of the brain . The more careful and studied observations of physiolo- gists have ... causes of paralysis , which is a disease of the nerves or nerve centres . Most decisive of all , under this head , is the ...
... causes affecting the nutrition of the brain . The more careful and studied observations of physiolo- gists have ... causes of paralysis , which is a disease of the nerves or nerve centres . Most decisive of all , under this head , is the ...
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... cause followed by the presence of the effect ; the second , the absence of the cause followed by the absence of the effect as when we prove that lighting a fire is the cause of smoke , or oxygen the cause of putrefaction and decay . Of ...
... cause followed by the presence of the effect ; the second , the absence of the cause followed by the absence of the effect as when we prove that lighting a fire is the cause of smoke , or oxygen the cause of putrefaction and decay . Of ...
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... cause and the intensity of the effect , we have a presumption that may rise to positive proof of the connexion . It is thus shown that the tides depend on the moon and the sun conjointly ; that the gaseous and liquid states of matter ...
... cause and the intensity of the effect , we have a presumption that may rise to positive proof of the connexion . It is thus shown that the tides depend on the moon and the sun conjointly ; that the gaseous and liquid states of matter ...
Palavras e frases frequentes
acquisitions activity acute æther ALEXANDER BAIN animal Aquinas argument Aristotle Augustine blood brain called cause cells centres cerebral colour condition connected connexion of mind consciousness corporeal corpuscles corresponding currents definite degree Deity Descartes diffused distinct doctrine effect embodiment emotions energy excitement existence expression extended extended consciousness farther feeling fibres force Form functions grey grey matter groupings human ideas immaterial immortal impression influence Intellect intensity knowledge Mamertus manifestations material matter memory ment mental fact mind and body mode motion movements moving organs muscles muscular mystery nature Neo-Platonism nerve-cells nerves nervous action nervous system nexion nutritive object operations peculiar philosopher physical Pleasure and Pain Plotinus present principle principle of Relativity properties pure R. A. PROCTOR reflex actions regards remark sensation sense sentient separate SHELDON AMOS shock skin soul spirit stimulation substance suppose things THOMAS AQUINAS thought tion transition union viscera vital power WALTER BAGEHOT whole
Passagens conhecidas
Página 196 - Bain's own theory of the connection between the mental and the bodily part in man is stated by himself to be as follows : There is ' one substance, with two sets of properties, two sides, the physical and the mental — a double-faced unity.
Página 131 - From the ingress of a sensation to the outgoing responses in action, the mental succession is not for an instant dissevered from a physical succession.
Página 137 - Asserting the union in the strongest manner, we must yet deprive it of the almost "invincible association of union in place. An extended organism is the condition of our passing into a state where there is no extension. A human being is an extended and material thing, attached to which is the power of becoming alive to feeling and thought, the extreme remove from all that is material ; a condition of trance wherein, while it lasts, the material drops out of view — so much so, that we have not the...
Página 91 - For every act of memory, every exercise of bodily aptitude, every habit, recollection, train of ideas, there is a specific grouping or co-ordination of sensations and movements, by virtue of specific growths in the cell functions.
Página 185 - It is a point which seems to me to be put out of the reach of our knowledge: and he who will give himself leave to consider freely, and look into the dark and intricate part of each hypothesis, will scarce find his reason able to determine him fixedly for or against the soul's materiality.