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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... results ; and to proceed to others successively , as we find them increasing in importance . It may not be altogether easy to apply this principle with strictness , but it will answer all the purpose for which it is here intro- duced ...
... results ; and to proceed to others successively , as we find them increasing in importance . It may not be altogether easy to apply this principle with strictness , but it will answer all the purpose for which it is here intro- duced ...
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... result of this long - contin ued and frequent repetition has been an astonishing quick- ness in the mental action ; so much so that the mind leaps outward with the rapidity of lightning , to be present with , and to comprehend the ...
... result of this long - contin ued and frequent repetition has been an astonishing quick- ness in the mental action ; so much so that the mind leaps outward with the rapidity of lightning , to be present with , and to comprehend the ...
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... result of our former experience . We say of of one body it is sweet , and of another it is sour , be- Cause we have ever observed that the mental states in- dicated by those terms have always existed in connexion with the presence of ...
... result of our former experience . We say of of one body it is sweet , and of another it is sour , be- Cause we have ever observed that the mental states in- dicated by those terms have always existed in connexion with the presence of ...
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... result or not , it is certain that a pressure upon or affection of the tympanum by the external air , is followed by a new state of the mind , known as the sensation or perception of sound . 24. Varieties of the sensation of sound . The ...
... result or not , it is certain that a pressure upon or affection of the tympanum by the external air , is followed by a new state of the mind , known as the sensation or perception of sound . 24. Varieties of the sensation of sound . The ...
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... results than that of the touch . By the ear we merely possess that sensation which we denominate hearing ; we have the knowledge of sounds , and that is all . By the palate we acquire a knowledge of tastes , and by the sense of smelling ...
... results than that of the touch . By the ear we merely possess that sensation which we denominate hearing ; we have the knowledge of sounds , and that is all . By the palate we acquire a knowledge of tastes , and by the sense of smelling ...
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