428. Disordered action of the principle of self-preservation. 429. Disordered and alienated action of the possessory principle. 430. Instances of the second kind or form of disordered action of the 433. Further remarks on the disordered action of the social propensity 458 DISORDERED ACTION OF THE AFFECTIONS. 440. Of the states of mind denominated presentiments 443. Of the mental disease termed hypochondriasis 444. Of intermissions of hypochondriasis, and of its remedies 447. Nature of voluntary moral derangement. 448. Of accountability in connexion with this form of disordered 449. Of natural or congenital moral derangement 450. Moral accountability in cases of natural moral derangement 455. It exists in reference to what we believe to be in our power 456. Volition relates to our own action and to whatever else máy 461. A presumption thus furnished for subjection of the will to law 492 463. The prescience of God directly taught in the Scriptures. ib. 464. The foreknowledge of events implies the foreknowledge of vo- 467. Man as well as Deity susceptible of foresight. 468. Prescience of men in respect to their own situation, &c. 469. Foresight of men in respect to the conduct of others 470. Other familiar instances of this foresight. 471. Argument from the regularity of voluntary contributions 475. Circumstances under which freedom of the will exists 480. Proof of freedom from feelings of remorse 481. Without the possession of liberty of will man could never have ib. ib. MENTAL PHILOSOPHY. DIVISION FIRST. THE INTELLECT OR UNDERSTANDING. INTELLECTIVE OR INTELLECTUAL STATES OF THE MIND. PART FIRST. INTELLECTUAL STATES OF EXTERNAL ORIGIN MENTAL PHILOSOPHY. CHAPTER I. ORIGIN OF KNOWLEDGE IN GENERAL. 1. The mind susceptible of a threefold division. THE Human Mind, regarded as a whole, is undoubtedy to be considered as constituting a nature or existence which is truly, and in the strictest sense, one and indivisible. At the same time, if we would have a correct and thorough knowledge of it, it is necessary to contemplate it in three distinct points of view. Accordingly, the leading Divisions in which the Mind presents itself to our notice, are the Understanding or Intellect, the Sensibilities, and the Will. The states of mind which are the results of the action of these leading mental departments, are appropriately expressed by the phrases INTELLECTUAL, SENSITIVE or SENTIENT, and VOLUNTARY states of the mind. -It is the object of this Abridgment to examine, in as brief a manner as possible, the Divisions which naturally come first in order, viz., the Intellect and the Sensibilities The limits which we find it necessary to assign to the present undertaking, do not allow us to enter into an examination of the distinct and important department of the Will. § 2. The Intellect susceptible of a subordinate division. We begin with the Intellect or Understanding; that department of the mind by means of which we perceive, compare, and reason; and which, in its various modes of action, is the source of all our knowledge. The Intellectual part of man may be considered under two points of view, viz., the External Intellect and the Internal Intellect; in other words, intellectual states of External, and intellectual states of Internal origin.—Intellectua states of External origin depend for their existence upon |