Australasian Journal of Psychology and Philosophy, Volume 2Australasian Association of Psychology and Philosophy, 1924 - Philosophy |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 100
Page 4
... mind is furnished with rich re- sources of knowledge . His method rests on the concept of " fiction , " which is clearly distinguished from that of hypothesis . Under " fiction " we are dealing with products of imagination which help ...
... mind is furnished with rich re- sources of knowledge . His method rests on the concept of " fiction , " which is clearly distinguished from that of hypothesis . Under " fiction " we are dealing with products of imagination which help ...
Page 10
... mind , which , released from the coil and routine of work , can straighten itself and expand in its hours of freedom . But how few can spend their leisure nobly ; how few have had that training in the love of truth and the passion for ...
... mind , which , released from the coil and routine of work , can straighten itself and expand in its hours of freedom . But how few can spend their leisure nobly ; how few have had that training in the love of truth and the passion for ...
Page 12
system of ecclesiastical imperialism and theological absolutism is irreconcilable with the new social mind and the demands of the new society . " If anyone says that the Roman Pontiff can and ought to reconcile himself and come to terms ...
system of ecclesiastical imperialism and theological absolutism is irreconcilable with the new social mind and the demands of the new society . " If anyone says that the Roman Pontiff can and ought to reconcile himself and come to terms ...
Page 14
... mind . ** In reading the Gospels we must always bear in mind that the traditions therein . contained were of Judaic - Hellenistic origin , that is , the product of a mentality which identified the mythical with the actual , religion ...
... mind . ** In reading the Gospels we must always bear in mind that the traditions therein . contained were of Judaic - Hellenistic origin , that is , the product of a mentality which identified the mythical with the actual , religion ...
Page 16
... mind rests content in what seems its natural form and safe habi- tation . This " form , " historically , is not a spontaneous creation of Catholicism itself , but a derived and adapted product , marvellously put together from many ...
... mind rests content in what seems its natural form and safe habi- tation . This " form , " historically , is not a spontaneous creation of Catholicism itself , but a derived and adapted product , marvellously put together from many ...
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
appear Aquinas Aristotle aspiration Australasian belief Boethius causal Christ Christianity Christology Church civilisation conception consciousness criticism Descartes divine doctrine emotional essential ethical existence experience fact faith fundamental Gospel human idea Ideal Immanuel Kant individual influence instincts intellectual intelligence interests Jesus judgments Kant Kant's knowledge living logical Macchioro Malebranche McDougall means ment mental metaphysical mind modern moral Morris Miller mystery religion mystic nature Neo-Platonic object Orphism patient patriotism Paul philo physical Plato Plotinus Pragmatist primitive principle problem Professor Protestantism Psychology and Philosophy question rational realise reality reason regard relation religion religious repression Scholasticism scientific SCOTT FLETCHER seems sense sentiments simply social soul Spinoza spiritual Sydney Sydney University teleology tendencies term theology theory things thinking thought tion to-day true truth unity University University of Melbourne University of Sydney whole Zagreus
Popular passages
Page 165 - We may say, then, that directly or indirectly the instincts are the prime movers of all human activity; by the conative or impulsive force of some instinct (or of some habit derived from an instinct), every train of thought, however cold and passionless it may seem, is borne along towards its end, and every bodily activity is initiated and sustained. The instinctive impulses determine the ends of all activities and supply the driving power by which all mental activities are sustained...
Page 287 - That the glory of this world in the end is appearance leaves the world more glorious, if we feel it is a show of some fuller splendour; but the sensuous curtain is a deception and a cheat, if it hides some colourless movement of atoms, some spectral woof of impalpable abstractions, or unearthly ballet of bloodless categories.
Page 164 - THE human mind has certain innate or inherited tendencies which are the essential springs or motive powers of all thought and action, whether individual or collective, and are the bases from which the character and will of individuals and of nations are gradually developed under the guidance of the intellectual faculties.
Page 165 - We may, then, define an instinct as an inherited or innate psycho-physical disposition which determines its possessor to perceive, and to pay attention to, objects of a certain class, to experience an emotional excitement of a particular quality upon perceiving such an object, and to act in regard to it in a particular manner, or, at least, to experience an impulse to such action.
Page 284 - I fasted much, and walked abroad in solitary places many days, and often took my Bible, and went and sat in hollow trees and lonesome places till night came on ; and frequently, in the night, walked mournfully about by myself: for I was a man of sorrows in the times of the first workings of the Lord in me.
Page 176 - If ideas, meanings, conceptions, notions, theories, systems are instrumental to an active reorganization of the given environment, to a removal of some specific trouble and perplexity, then the test of their validity and value lies in accomplishing this work. If they succeed in their office, they are reliable, sound, valid, good, true. If they fail to clear up confusion, to eliminate defects, if they increase confusion, uncertainty and evil when they are acted upon, then are they false.
Page 165 - McDougall defines an instinct as an inherited or innate psycho-physical disposition which determines its possessor to perceive and to pay attention to objects of a certain class, to experience an emotional excitement of a particular quality on perceiving such an object, and to act in regard to it in a particular manner, or at least to experience an impulse to such action.
Page 45 - Thus every good his native wilds impart, Imprints the patriot passion on his heart; And e'en those ills, that round his mansion rise. Enhance the bliss his scanty fund supplies. Dear is that shed to which his soul conforms, And dear that hill which lifts him to the storms; And as a child, when scaring sounds molest, . . Clings close and closer to the mother's breast, So the loud torrent, and the whirlwind's roar, But bind him to his native mountains more.
Page 108 - The purpose of the Public Elementary School is to form and strengthen the character and to develop the intelligence of the children entrusted to it, and to make the best use of the school years available, in assisting both girls and boys, according to their different needs, to fit themselves, practically as well as intellectually, for the work of life.
Page 295 - I conceive that marriage, as understood in Christendom, may for this purpose be defined as the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman, to the exclusion of all others.