Elements of the Philosophy of the Human MindJ. Monroe, 1854 - 490 pages |
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... Physical or Natural Philosophy , such as Chemistry , Mechanics , Astronomy , Botany , etc. It properly denotes the science of things actually existing , whether those distinguished from the rest , both by the degree of 1 INTRODUCTION ...
... Physical or Natural Philosophy , such as Chemistry , Mechanics , Astronomy , Botany , etc. It properly denotes the science of things actually existing , whether those distinguished from the rest , both by the degree of 1 INTRODUCTION ...
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... Physical science . To account for , or explain , the operations of nature , we must have recourse to Metaphysics to something after , or above , nature . We must ascend to the notion of Cause . The maxim , " every event must have a ...
... Physical science . To account for , or explain , the operations of nature , we must have recourse to Metaphysics to something after , or above , nature . We must ascend to the notion of Cause . The maxim , " every event must have a ...
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... physical laws , it is well known that our inquiries must always terminate in some general fact , of which no account can be given , but that such is the constitution of nature . After we have established , for example , from the ...
... physical laws , it is well known that our inquiries must always terminate in some general fact , of which no account can be given , but that such is the constitution of nature . After we have established , for example , from the ...
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... physical constitution , or caught from imitation and the influence of situation ) which appears re- markably in particular families . One race , for a succession of generations , is distinguished by a genius for the abstract sci- ences ...
... physical constitution , or caught from imitation and the influence of situation ) which appears re- markably in particular families . One race , for a succession of generations , is distinguished by a genius for the abstract sci- ences ...
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... physical speculations . That they comprehend all the sublimest objects of our theoretical and moral interest ; - that every natural conclusion con- cerning God , the soul , the present worth , and the future destiny of man , is ...
... physical speculations . That they comprehend all the sublimest objects of our theoretical and moral interest ; - that every natural conclusion con- cerning God , the soul , the present worth , and the future destiny of man , is ...
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Page 204 - And, to deal plainly, I fear I am not in my perfect mind. Methinks I should know you and know this man; Yet I am doubtful; for I am mainly ignorant What place this is, and all the skill I have Remembers not these garments; nor I know not Where I did lodge last night. Do not laugh at me; For, as I am a man, I think this lady To be my child Cordelia.
Page 170 - 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.
Page 373 - There wanted yet the master-work, the end Of all yet done ; a creature, who not prone And brute as other creatures, but endued With sanctity of reason, might erect His stature, and upright with front serene Govern the rest, self-knowing ; and from thence Magnanimous to correspond with heaven ; But grateful to acknowledge whence his good Descends ; thither with heart, and voice, and eyes Directed in devotion, to adore And worship God supreme, who made him chief Of all his works : therefore the Omnipotent...
Page 176 - And when I die, be sure you let me know Great Homer dy'd three thousand years ago. Why did I write? what sin to me unknown Dipt me in Ink, my parents, or my own? As yet a child, nor yet a fool to fame, I lisp'd in numbers, for the numbers came. I left no calling for this idle trade, No duty broke, no father disobey'd. The Muse but serv'd to ease some friend, not Wife, To help me thro...
Page 16 - I call therefore a complete and generous education that which fits a man to perform justly, skilfully, and magnanimously all the offices both private and public of peace and war.
Page 369 - And therefore it was ever thought to have some participation of divineness, because it doth raise and erect the mind, by submitting the shows of things to the desires of the mind ; whereas reason doth buckle and bow the mind into the nature of things.
Page 373 - There wanted yet the master work, the end Of all yet done ; a creature who, not prone And brute as other creatures, but endued With sanctity of reason, might erect His stature, and upright with front serene Govern the rest, self-knowing, and from thence 510 Magnanimous to correspond with Heaven...
Page 170 - Master Jonson (like the former) was built far higher in learning ; solid, but slow in his performances. Shakespeare with the English man-ofwar, 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.
Page 33 - I can discover, are the windows by which light is let into this dark room : for methinks the understanding is not much unlike a closet wholly shut from light, with only some little opening left, to let in external visible resemblances, or ideas of things without : would the pictures coming into such a dark room but stay there, and lie so orderly as to be found upon occasion, it would very much resemble the understanding of a man, in reference to all objects of sight, and the ideas of them.
Page 190 - In general, their existence appears to participate more of sensation than reflection. To this must be ascribed their disposition to sleep when abstracted from their diversions, and unemployed in labour. An animal whose body is at rest, and who does not reflect, must be disposed to sleep of course.