Philosophical Works, Volume 2Cambridge Press, 1968 - Philosophy |
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Page 104
... spirits into the nerves in the manner necessary for this motion , and for producing it without the mind's desiring it , and as though it were the working of a machine . Now , when we experience this as a fact in ourselves , why should ...
... spirits into the nerves in the manner necessary for this motion , and for producing it without the mind's desiring it , and as though it were the working of a machine . Now , when we experience this as a fact in ourselves , why should ...
Page 145
... spirits , a brain , and a conscious principle residing therein , which in a similar manner receives the messages sent by the animal spirits and accomplishes the act of sensation . You will say that that principle in the brain of brutes ...
... spirits , a brain , and a conscious principle residing therein , which in a similar manner receives the messages sent by the animal spirits and accomplishes the act of sensation . You will say that that principle in the brain of brutes ...
Page 199
... spirits ' which pass through these to pass out of the nerves or to enter them , as being bodies ; since body cannot be in or pass through what is not a place , as the mathematical point is . But though we should allow that the animal ...
... spirits ' which pass through these to pass out of the nerves or to enter them , as being bodies ; since body cannot be in or pass through what is not a place , as the mathematical point is . But though we should allow that the animal ...
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