Elements of the Philosophy of the Human MindWilliam Fessenden, 1813 - 509 էջ |
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... less neceffary for the improvement of the understanding . I acknowledge , that there are fome profeffions , in which a man of very confined acqui- fitions may arrive at the first eminence ; and in which he will perhaps be the more ...
... less neceffary for the improvement of the understanding . I acknowledge , that there are fome profeffions , in which a man of very confined acqui- fitions may arrive at the first eminence ; and in which he will perhaps be the more ...
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... less in every cultivated language ; and which may be confidered as one fpecies of inftrumental aid , which art has discovered to our intellectual powers . From the obfervations which I am afterwards to make , it will appear , that 52 ...
... less in every cultivated language ; and which may be confidered as one fpecies of inftrumental aid , which art has discovered to our intellectual powers . From the obfervations which I am afterwards to make , it will appear , that 52 ...
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... less inexplicable , than that principle of attraction which binds together the moft remote parts of the universe . If fuch , however , be the effects of our philofophi- cal pursuits when fuccefsfully conducted , it must be confeffed ...
... less inexplicable , than that principle of attraction which binds together the moft remote parts of the universe . If fuch , however , be the effects of our philofophi- cal pursuits when fuccefsfully conducted , it must be confeffed ...
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... less confequence than is commonly fuppofed . That the mind cannot , without the groffeft abfurdity , be con . fidered in the light of a receptacle which is gradual . ly furnished from without , by materials introduced by the channel of ...
... less confequence than is commonly fuppofed . That the mind cannot , without the groffeft abfurdity , be con . fidered in the light of a receptacle which is gradual . ly furnished from without , by materials introduced by the channel of ...
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... less " and lefs exprefs all the time , till at laft they become " evanefcent and imperceptible . For an expert per- " former will play from notes , or ideas laid up in " the memory , and at the fame time carry on a quite " different ...
... less " and lefs exprefs all the time , till at laft they become " evanefcent and imperceptible . For an expert per- " former will play from notes , or ideas laid up in " the memory , and at the fame time carry on a quite " different ...
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abfurd affociation of ideas againſt almoft appear arifes attention cafe caufes cauſe circumftances conclufions confequence confideration confidered conftitution courſe curiofity degree diftinct diſcoveries doctrine effect effential eſtabliſhed exerciſe exiftence exiſtence expreffed expreffion faculties fame fays feems fenfations fenfe fenfible fhall fhould fimilar firft firſt fituation fleep fociety fome fometimes fpecies fpeculations ftate ftill ftriking ftudy fubject fuch fufficient fuggefted fuppofe fuppofition furniſh fyftem habits happineſs himſelf human mind ical illuftrate imagination impoffible impreffions influence inftances inquiries intellectual intereft inveſtigation itſelf knowledge language laws lefs Lord Bacon meaſure memory metaphyfical moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffary notions obfervations objects occafion opinions particular perceive perception perfon phenomena philofophers phyfical pleaſure poffeffed poffible prefent principles procefs profe progrefs purpoſe purſuits queftion reafon recollect refpect refult remarks ſcience ſtate ſtudy thefe themſelves theory theſe thing thofe thoſe thought tion truth underſtanding univerfal uſe whofe words
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Էջ 117 - O ! who can hold a fire in his hand By thinking on the frosty Caucasus? Or cloy the hungry edge of appetite By bare imagination of a feast?
Էջ 475 - But going over the theory of virtue in one's thoughts, talking well, and drawing fine pictures of it, — this is so far from necessarily or certainly conducing to form a habit of it, in him who thus employs himself, that it may harden the mind in a contrary course, and render it gradually more insensible, ie, form a habit of insensibility to all moral considerations.
Էջ 475 - Volition, it is plain, is an act of the mind knowingly exerting that dominion it takes itself to have over any part of the man, by employing it in, or withholding it from any particular action.
Էջ 471 - ... 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.
Էջ 425 - To cheer the shivering native's dull abode. And oft, beneath the od'rous shade Of Chili's boundless forests laid, She deigns to hear the savage youth repeat, In loose numbers wildly sweet, Their feather-cinctured chiefs, and dusky loves. Her track, where'er the goddess roves, Glory pursue, and generous Shame, Th' unconquerable Mind, and Freedom's holy flame.
Էջ 261 - I behold like a Spanish great galleon and an English man-of-war. Master Coleridge, like the former, was built far higher in learning, solid, but slow in his performances. CVL, with the English man-of-war, lesser in bulk, but lighter in sailing, could turn with all tides, tack about, and take advantage of all winds, by the quickness of his wit and invention.
Էջ 425 - Where shaggy forms o'er ice-built mountains roam, The Muse has broke the twilight gloom To cheer the shivering native's dull abode. And oft, beneath the odorous shade Of Chili's boundless forests laid, She deigns to hear the savage youth repeat, In loose numbers wildly sweet, Their feather-cinctured chiefs, and dusky loves.
Էջ 71 - That gravity should be innate, inherent and essential to matter, so that one body may act upon another at a distance through a vacuum, without the mediation of anything else by and through which their action and force may be conveyed from one to another, is to me so great an absurdity, that I believe no man who has in philosophical matters a competent faculty of thinking can ever fall into it.
Էջ 464 - Habits, especially such as are begun very early, come at last to produce actions in us which often escape our observation. How frequently do we in a day cover our eyes with our eye-lids, without perceiving that we are at all in the dark! Men, that by custom have got the use of a by-word, do almost in every sentence pronounce sounds which, though taken notice of by others, they themselves neither hear nor observe. And therefore it is not so strange that our mind should often change the idea of its...
Էջ 253 - Heavens ! how unlike their Belgic sires of old! Rough, poor, content, ungovernably bold ; War in each breast and freedom on each brow ; How much unlike the sons of Britain now ! Fired at the sound, my genius spreads her wing, And flies where Britain courts the western spring ; Where lawns extend that scorn Arcadian pride, And brighter streams than famed Hydaspes glide.