Elements of the philosophy of the human mindHilliard and Brown, 1829 |
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... Philosophers with re- spect to it 203 II . Of the Principles of Association among our Ideas III . Of the Power which the Mind has over the Train of its Thoughts 211 · 216 IV . Illustrations of the Doctrine stated in the preceding ...
... Philosophers with re- spect to it 203 II . Of the Principles of Association among our Ideas III . Of the Power which the Mind has over the Train of its Thoughts 211 · 216 IV . Illustrations of the Doctrine stated in the preceding ...
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... philosophers have , in modern times , wisely abandoned to metaphysi- cians all speculations concerning the nature of that substance of which it is composed ; concerning the possibility or impossibility of its being created ; con ...
... philosophers have , in modern times , wisely abandoned to metaphysi- cians all speculations concerning the nature of that substance of which it is composed ; concerning the possibility or impossibility of its being created ; con ...
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... philosophers who have treated of the human mind . Dr. Reid is perhaps the only one who has perceived it clearly , or at least who has kept it steadily in view in all his inquiries . In the writings in- deed of several other modern ...
... philosophers who have treated of the human mind . Dr. Reid is perhaps the only one who has perceived it clearly , or at least who has kept it steadily in view in all his inquiries . In the writings in- deed of several other modern ...
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... the principal sources of the errors to which we are liable . Among the different philosophers who have speculat- ed concerning the human mind , very few indeed can be mentioned , who have at all times been able 10 ELEMENTS OF THE ...
... the principal sources of the errors to which we are liable . Among the different philosophers who have speculat- ed concerning the human mind , very few indeed can be mentioned , who have at all times been able 10 ELEMENTS OF THE ...
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... philosophers in England at the end of the last century , and those which we find in the systems , how- ever imperfect , of the present age . Would any writer now offer to the world such conclusions with respect to the mind , as are ...
... philosophers in England at the end of the last century , and those which we find in the systems , how- ever imperfect , of the present age . Would any writer now offer to the world such conclusions with respect to the mind , as are ...
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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.