Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind, Volume 1Eastburn, Kirk & Company, 1814 - Psychology |
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... acquired Knowledge VI . - Continuation of the same Subject - Of Artificial Memory VII . - Continuation of the same Subject . - Importance of making a proper Selection among the Objects of our Knowledge , in order to derive advantage ...
... acquired Knowledge VI . - Continuation of the same Subject - Of Artificial Memory VII . - Continuation of the same Subject . - Importance of making a proper Selection among the Objects of our Knowledge , in order to derive advantage ...
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... the latter by the analogy of the former , and even to endeavour to refer them to the same general laws ; and that we acquire habits of inatten- tion to the subjects of our consciousness , too strong OF THE HUMAN MIND . 3.
... the latter by the analogy of the former , and even to endeavour to refer them to the same general laws ; and that we acquire habits of inatten- tion to the subjects of our consciousness , too strong OF THE HUMAN MIND . 3.
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... acquiring a knowledge of the properties and laws of mat- ter . In consequence of this early familiarity with the phenomena of the material world , they appear to us less mysterious than those of mind ; and we are apt to think that we ...
... acquiring a knowledge of the properties and laws of mat- ter . In consequence of this early familiarity with the phenomena of the material world , they appear to us less mysterious than those of mind ; and we are apt to think that we ...
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... acquire ; and are not careful in giving , to all their different faculties , and all their different principles of action , a proper degree of employment . Abstracting entirely from the culture of their moral powers , how exten- sive ...
... acquire ; and are not careful in giving , to all their different faculties , and all their different principles of action , a proper degree of employment . Abstracting entirely from the culture of their moral powers , how exten- sive ...
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... acquire over it an influence not infe- riour to that of the most incontrovertible truths . When a child hears , either a speculative absurdity , or an erroneous principle of action , recommended and enforced daily , by the same voice ...
... acquire over it an influence not infe- riour to that of the most incontrovertible truths . When a child hears , either a speculative absurdity , or an erroneous principle of action , recommended and enforced daily , by the same voice ...
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Page 461 - ... of them particular in their existence, even those words and ideas which in their signification are general. When therefore we quit particulars, the generals that rest are only creatures of our own making, their general nature being nothing but the capacity they are put into by the understanding of signifying or representing many particulars. For the signification they have is nothing but a relation that by the mind of man is added to them.
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