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ELEMENTS

OF

MENTAL PHILOSOPHY,

EMBRACING THE TWO DEPARTMENTS OF THE

INTELLECT AND THE SENSIBILITIES.

BY THOMAS C. UPHAM,
Professor of Moral and Mental Philosophy in Bowdoin College.

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THE NEW YORK
PUBLIC LIBRARY
474524

ASTOR, LENOX AND
TLDEN FOUNDATIONS.
1909

Entered, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1840, by THOMAS C. UPHAM,

in the Clerk's office of the District Court of Maine.

JUN 16 180

PREFACE.

IN preparing the following work, I trust I have felt, in some degree, the responsibility which obviously ought to attach to such an attempt. It has been my object, aided by the views and researches which have characterized the labours of various philosophical sects, to give a condensed, but just and impartial, account of most of the leading principles of Mental Philosophy, so far as they appear to be ascertained and recognised at the present time. The Work, accordingly, is essentially Eclectic in its character; and, as such, can neither incur the discredit, nor claim the honour, of belonging exclusively to any of the great Philosophical Schools, although it does not hesitate to acknowledge its indebtedness to all. In connexion with a cordial application of the Eclectic principle, which has laid open to me the truth wherever it may be found, and under whatever name, I have felt it important to adhere as closely as possible to the rules of Inductive philosophizing, in opposition to that excess of bold conjecture and unchastened speculation which has too often perplexed and deformed mental inquiries. In this way I have hoped, with Divine assistance, to prepare a Work which, together with some important views that might, perhaps, properly be considered original, should select, arrange, and systematize the doctrines of a multitude of writers; and which, while it might commend itself with some degree of confidence to the philosopher, should, at the same time, be accordant, as sound

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