Elements of Mental Philosophy Enbracing the Two Departments of the Intellect and the Sensibilities, Volume 1Harper & Brothers, 1841 - Intellect |
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... resulting from diseases • 332. Shown also from the effects of stimulating drugs and gases 333. Influence on the body of excited imagination and passion 334. This doctrine of use in explaining mental phenomena • CHAP . II . - EXCITED ...
... resulting from diseases • 332. Shown also from the effects of stimulating drugs and gases 333. Influence on the body of excited imagination and passion 334. This doctrine of use in explaining mental phenomena • CHAP . II . - EXCITED ...
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... result of this is , that there is an impression made on the senses ; and then at once there is a change in the mind , a new thought , a new feel- ing . Although , as already suggested , there is room for different conjectures here ...
... result of this is , that there is an impression made on the senses ; and then at once there is a change in the mind , a new thought , a new feel- ing . Although , as already suggested , there is room for different conjectures here ...
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... resulting from our mental constitution , and as wholly inseparable from our being . 6. Primary truth of personal identity . The second of those preliminary truths which we term primary is the proposition of our Personal Identity .-- If ...
... resulting from our mental constitution , and as wholly inseparable from our being . 6. Primary truth of personal identity . The second of those preliminary truths which we term primary is the proposition of our Personal Identity .-- If ...
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... result- ing from our nature , still it is in our power to give some account of the circumstances in which it arises . 11. Occasions of the origin of the primary truth of effects and causes . The mind embraces the elementary truth which ...
... result- ing from our nature , still it is in our power to give some account of the circumstances in which it arises . 11. Occasions of the origin of the primary truth of effects and causes . The mind embraces the elementary truth which ...
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... resulting from our con- stitution ; and that nothing more is wanting in order to arrive at it than a train of reasoning . - The sun , it is said , rose to day , therefore he will rise to - morrow : Food nourished me to - day , therefore ...
... resulting from our con- stitution ; and that nothing more is wanting in order to arrive at it than a train of reasoning . - The sun , it is said , rose to day , therefore he will rise to - morrow : Food nourished me to - day , therefore ...
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