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... emotion or another can be suppressed or excited upon occasion . The direct control of feelings is reached through the voluntary muscles . In- directly , however , the organs of the body which are not amenable to direct control are ...
... emotion or another can be suppressed or excited upon occasion . The direct control of feelings is reached through the voluntary muscles . In- directly , however , the organs of the body which are not amenable to direct control are ...
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... emotions are checked by parental command or physical punishment , and it frequently requires considerable of both to accomplish subjugation . Suppose , however , that in one instance a child's emotion is suppressed by the pain of ...
... emotions are checked by parental command or physical punishment , and it frequently requires considerable of both to accomplish subjugation . Suppose , however , that in one instance a child's emotion is suppressed by the pain of ...
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... emotions suggested thereby . As the reach of association is widened , remote consequences and connections are apprehended , and the force of motives is enhanced until there comes the large range of thought and admirable self - command ...
... emotions suggested thereby . As the reach of association is widened , remote consequences and connections are apprehended , and the force of motives is enhanced until there comes the large range of thought and admirable self - command ...
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... emotions are neither pleasurable nor painful , and yet absorb attention . This is not the kind of operation which secures voluntary control over the thoughts . There must be a play of motives , the results of ex- perience , in order to ...
... emotions are neither pleasurable nor painful , and yet absorb attention . This is not the kind of operation which secures voluntary control over the thoughts . There must be a play of motives , the results of ex- perience , in order to ...
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... emotions from those of grief ; the latter are stilled , and my mind relieved . In similar manner emotions desired may be evoked . Thus by the high development of control over feelings and thoughts through the mutual influence of each ...
... emotions from those of grief ; the latter are stilled , and my mind relieved . In similar manner emotions desired may be evoked . Thus by the high development of control over feelings and thoughts through the mutual influence of each ...
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à priori abstract action æsthetic analytical proposition animal appetite argument associated attribute axiom cause character complete concept conclusion connection consciousness deduction definition degree delight desire dispositions distinction division effect emotions empirical laws enjoyment Epicurus equal evidence existence experience expressed fact faculty fallacies feeling force former generalisation greater happiness hence Hickok human idea ideal implies individual induction inference intension intuitive intuitive knowledge joys judgments knowledge latter means ment mental mind movement and exercise nature necessary truths necessity notion noumenon objects observation particular percepts philosophy pleasures and pains pleasures of society premisses present primary pleasures principal ends principles priori proposition racter Rational Psychology re-percepts reason redintegration reference regard repletion repose representation representative pleasures rience scientific sensation sense sexual social straight line summum bonum syllogism term things thought tion true uniformity universal vitality volition wealth Whewell whole words
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