Elements of Mental Philosophy: Embracing the Two Departments of the Intellect and the Sensibilities, Volume 1W. Hyde, 1839 - Intellect |
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... understanding of those fundamental truths , which are necessarily involved in what follows . And it will , accordingly , be the object of this chapter to endeavor to ascertain some of them . § . 2. Nature of such preliminary statements ...
... understanding of those fundamental truths , which are necessarily involved in what follows . And it will , accordingly , be the object of this chapter to endeavor to ascertain some of them . § . 2. Nature of such preliminary statements ...
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... understanding by their own light , and not by a light let in from any other source . Again , the nature of reasoning it- self leads us to the same view . A process of reasoning is es- sentially the successive perception of relations ...
... understanding by their own light , and not by a light let in from any other source . Again , the nature of reasoning it- self leads us to the same view . A process of reasoning is es- sentially the successive perception of relations ...
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... understanding stands apart from the rest . The will also has its separate and appropriate position . We may at least assert with full confidence , that no one is in dan- ger of confounding volitions with intellections ; that is to say ...
... understanding stands apart from the rest . The will also has its separate and appropriate position . We may at least assert with full confidence , that no one is in dan- ger of confounding volitions with intellections ; that is to say ...
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... understanding and the sensibilities of his heart . And the writer not only thus clearly indicates the distinction be- tween the understanding or intellect and the heart ; but in another passage , which undoubtedly discloses the key to ...
... understanding and the sensibilities of his heart . And the writer not only thus clearly indicates the distinction be- tween the understanding or intellect and the heart ; but in another passage , which undoubtedly discloses the key to ...
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... understanding , and they want the power of restraining them- selves from that which , when committed , they are afraid to reflect upon . Their will remains ; but it springs from de- praved sensations and emotions , or from passions ...
... understanding , and they want the power of restraining them- selves from that which , when committed , they are afraid to reflect upon . Their will remains ; but it springs from de- praved sensations and emotions , or from passions ...
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