Mind and bodyD. Appleton and Company, 1875 - 196 páginas |
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... limited class of movements ; with a severe applica- tion , a wide display identical in general character with those due to a pinch of the skin . A very bitter taste , a malodour , a screeching discord , an intense flame ,
... limited class of movements ; with a severe applica- tion , a wide display identical in general character with those due to a pinch of the skin . A very bitter taste , a malodour , a screeching discord , an intense flame ,
Página 52
... limited circuit or channel . Note of Explanation . — It is not meant that every fibre and cell can be affected at one moment , but that a spreading wave is produced sufficient to agitate the body at large . We have seen generally what ...
... limited circuit or channel . Note of Explanation . — It is not meant that every fibre and cell can be affected at one moment , but that a spreading wave is produced sufficient to agitate the body at large . We have seen generally what ...
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... limited group of corpuscles , and producing a simple movement . We cannot say that even then consciousness or feeling is absolutely non- existent ; but it begins to be decisively manifest when the wave spreads right and left , by the ...
... limited group of corpuscles , and producing a simple movement . We cannot say that even then consciousness or feeling is absolutely non- existent ; but it begins to be decisively manifest when the wave spreads right and left , by the ...
Página 64
... limited to a very small circle of nerves , so that the injurious effects are confined , while the stimulus suffices to arouse a wave of force - bearing nerve- currents . The light smart of a horse - whip is enough to waken the energies ...
... limited to a very small circle of nerves , so that the injurious effects are confined , while the stimulus suffices to arouse a wave of force - bearing nerve- currents . The light smart of a horse - whip is enough to waken the energies ...
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... limited range of ideas that any one can command at any one time ; although in the course of a life we may shift into several successive spheres of intellectual range . Farther , we have seen , in alluding to the power of Similarity or ...
... limited range of ideas that any one can command at any one time ; although in the course of a life we may shift into several successive spheres of intellectual range . Farther , we have seen , in alluding to the power of Similarity or ...
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.