Abridgment of Mental Philosophy: Including the Three Departments of the Intellect, Sensibilities, and Will. Designed as a Text-book for Academies and High Schools |
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... consequence to guard against a danger directly the reverse of that which has been remarked on . We are apt to transfer to the sensation , considered as ex- isting in the mind , some of those qualities which belong to the external object ...
... consequence to guard against a danger directly the reverse of that which has been remarked on . We are apt to transfer to the sensation , considered as ex- isting in the mind , some of those qualities which belong to the external object ...
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... consequence of it in the organ of sense . ( II . ) Subsequently to the change in the organ , either at its extremity and outward developement or in the brain , with which it is connected , and of which it may be considered as making a ...
... consequence of it in the organ of sense . ( II . ) Subsequently to the change in the organ , either at its extremity and outward developement or in the brain , with which it is connected , and of which it may be considered as making a ...
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... consequence of the difficulty of ac- curately separating and drawing the line between each , are given only in a few cases . All the sensations of colour are original with the sight , and are not to be as- cribed to any other sense . A ...
... consequence of the difficulty of ac- curately separating and drawing the line between each , are given only in a few cases . All the sensations of colour are original with the sight , and are not to be as- cribed to any other sense . A ...
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... consequence of a long and tenacious association , we are apt to look upon the knowledge thus acquired as truly original in the seeing power . This will suffice , perhaps , as a statement of the general fact , while the brief examination ...
... consequence of a long and tenacious association , we are apt to look upon the knowledge thus acquired as truly original in the seeing power . This will suffice , perhaps , as a statement of the general fact , while the brief examination ...
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... consequence of intervening objects . We measure the distance of objects in part by means of those that are scattered along between , and any expanse of surface , where there are no such intervening objects , ap- pears to us of less ...
... consequence of intervening objects . We measure the distance of objects in part by means of those that are scattered along between , and any expanse of surface , where there are no such intervening objects , ap- pears to us of less ...
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