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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... fact , that , in this connexion of the mental and material world , as we have just had occasion to intimate , we are proba- bly to look for the commencement of the mind's activity , and for the beginnings of knowledge . The soul ...
... fact , that , in this connexion of the mental and material world , as we have just had occasion to intimate , we are proba- bly to look for the commencement of the mind's activity , and for the beginnings of knowledge . The soul ...
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... fact . And it is only by checking undue speculation , and by continually recurring to facts , that our progres in this science will become sure , rapid , and delightful . CHAPTER II . SENSATION AND PERCEPTION . 9 Sensation a simple ...
... fact . And it is only by checking undue speculation , and by continually recurring to facts , that our progres in this science will become sure , rapid , and delightful . CHAPTER II . SENSATION AND PERCEPTION . 9 Sensation a simple ...
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... facts , viz . , the application of an external body , and some change in consequence of it in the organ of sense . ( II . ) Subsequently to the change ... fact We here touch upon one of those boundaries of the 26 SENSATION ANI PERCEPTION .
... facts , viz . , the application of an external body , and some change in consequence of it in the organ of sense . ( II . ) Subsequently to the change ... fact We here touch upon one of those boundaries of the 26 SENSATION ANI PERCEPTION .
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... fact , it is subse- quent , both in the order of nature and of time , to the mere sensation ; although we may not be able , in conse- quence of its rapidity , to mark distinctly the progress of the mental action from the one to the ...
... fact , it is subse- quent , both in the order of nature and of time , to the mere sensation ; although we may not be able , in conse- quence of its rapidity , to mark distinctly the progress of the mental action from the one to the ...
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... fact particularly worthy of notice in respect to sounds , that we should not know , previous to all experi- ence on ... facts confirm this statement . Dr. Reid mentions , that once , as he was lying in bed , having been put into a fright ...
... fact particularly worthy of notice in respect to sounds , that we should not know , previous to all experi- ence on ... facts confirm this statement . Dr. Reid mentions , that once , as he was lying in bed , having been put into a fright ...
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