Elements of the philosophy of the human mindHilliard and Brown, 1829 |
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... Memory . SECT . I. General Observations on Memory II . Of the Varieties of Memory in different Individuals III . Of the Improvement of Memory . - Analysis of the Principles on which the Culture of Memory de- pends IV . Continuation of ...
... Memory . SECT . I. General Observations on Memory II . Of the Varieties of Memory in different Individuals III . Of the Improvement of Memory . - Analysis of the Principles on which the Culture of Memory de- pends IV . Continuation of ...
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... memory on that effort of the mind which we call attention ; it is all we ought to aim at , in this branch of science . If we proceed no farther than facts for which we have the evidence of our own consciousness , our conclusions will be ...
... memory on that effort of the mind which we call attention ; it is all we ought to aim at , in this branch of science . If we proceed no farther than facts for which we have the evidence of our own consciousness , our conclusions will be ...
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... memory , the imagination , or the reasoning fac- ulty , are to be instantly strengthened in consequence of our speculations concerning their nature , it would be absurd to suppose ; but it is surely far from being un- reasonable to ...
... memory , the imagination , or the reasoning fac- ulty , are to be instantly strengthened in consequence of our speculations concerning their nature , it would be absurd to suppose ; but it is surely far from being un- reasonable to ...
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... memory and imagination ; and , at last , of pure intellection . When they are ob- jects of memory and of imagination , they get the name of phantasms . When , by farther refinement , and being stripped of their particularities , they ...
... memory and imagination ; and , at last , of pure intellection . When they are ob- jects of memory and of imagination , they get the name of phantasms . When , by farther refinement , and being stripped of their particularities , they ...
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... memory , our perceptive powers could never have led us to form the idea of motion . I shall afterwards show , in the sequel of this work , that without the same facul- ty of memory , we never could have formed the notion of time ; and ...
... memory , our perceptive powers could never have led us to form the idea of motion . I shall afterwards show , in the sequel of this work , that without the same facul- ty of memory , we never could have formed the notion of time ; and ...
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Page 213 - Great in the earth, as in the ethereal frame; Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees; Lives through all life, extends through all extent; Spreads undivided, operates unspent! Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part. As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart; As full, as perfect in vile man that mourns.
Page 58 - It is inconceivable, that inanimate brute matter should, without the mediation of something else, which is not material, operate upon, and affect other matter without mutual contact; as it must do, if gravitation, in the sense of Epicurus, be essential and inherent in it.
Page 221 - I behold like a Spanish great galleon and an English man-of-war. Master Coleridge, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. CVL, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Page 61 - 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...
Page 270 - I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind.
Page 16 - I call therefore a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully, and magnanimously all the offices both private and public of peace and war.
Page 416 - 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 ; «. e. form a habit of insensibility to all moral considerations.
Page 50 - I can discover, are the windows by which light is let into this dark room; for methinks the understanding is not much unlike a closet wholly shut from light, with only some little openings left to let in external visible resemblances, or ideas of things without...
Page 226 - And when I die, be sure you let me know Great Homer dy'd three thousand years ago. Why did I write? what sin to me unknown Dipt me in Ink, my parents, or my own? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disobey'd. The Muse but serv'd to ease some friend, not Wife, To help me thro...
Page 101 - 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? Or wallow naked in December snow By thinking on fantastic summer's heat? O no, the apprehension of the good Gives but the greater feeling to the worse : Fell sorrow's tooth doth never rankle more Than when it bites, but lanceth not the sore.