Elements of the Philosophy of the Human MindT. Cadell, jun. and W. Davis, 1802 - 587 pagina's |
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Pagina 39
... shall be employed to fupport it , by a more perfect fyftem of education . Let us fuppofe , for a moment , that this happy æra were arrived , and that all the prepoffeffions of child- hood and youth were directed to fupport the pure and ...
... shall be employed to fupport it , by a more perfect fyftem of education . Let us fuppofe , for a moment , that this happy æra were arrived , and that all the prepoffeffions of child- hood and youth were directed to fupport the pure and ...
Pagina 71
... shall never be able to dis- cover them * . I fhall endeavour to fhew , in another part of this work , that the doctrine I have now ftated does not lead to thofe fceptical conclufions , concerning the ex- istence of a First Cause , which ...
... shall never be able to dis- cover them * . I fhall endeavour to fhew , in another part of this work , that the doctrine I have now ftated does not lead to thofe fceptical conclufions , concerning the ex- istence of a First Cause , which ...
Pagina 108
... the time , or to remember afterwards , is acknow- ledged in the received fystems of philosophy . I shall now mention fome other phenomena , which appear to me to be very fimilar to these , and 3 to 108 ELEMENTS OF THE PHILOSOPHY Chap . II .
... the time , or to remember afterwards , is acknow- ledged in the received fystems of philosophy . I shall now mention fome other phenomena , which appear to me to be very fimilar to these , and 3 to 108 ELEMENTS OF THE PHILOSOPHY Chap . II .
Pagina 123
... shall treat fully in another part of my work , under the article of Reafon . ing . I have expreffed myself concerning them in this chapter , in as general terms as poffible . their knowledge to others , who are able to exhibit their ...
... shall treat fully in another part of my work , under the article of Reafon . ing . I have expreffed myself concerning them in this chapter , in as general terms as poffible . their knowledge to others , who are able to exhibit their ...
Pagina 156
... shall be after- wards fully illuftrated . At prefent , it is fufficient for my purpose to remark , that as abftraction is the ground - work of claffification , without this faculty of the mind we fhould have been perfectly incapable of ...
... shall be after- wards fully illuftrated . At prefent , it is fufficient for my purpose to remark , that as abftraction is the ground - work of claffification , without this faculty of the mind we fhould have been perfectly incapable of ...
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abſtract affociation of ideas againſt almoſt appear arifes attention becauſe cafe caufe cauſe circumftances conclufions confequence confideration confidered conftitution connexion courſe curiofity diftinct diſcoveries doctrine effect effential eſtabliſhed exift exiſtence expreffed expreffion faculties faid fame fays fcience feems fenfations fenfe fenfible fhall fhould figns fimilar firſt fituation fleep fociety fome fpecies fpeculations ftate ftriking ftudy fubject fuch fufficient fuggefted fuppofed fuppofition furniſh fyftem genius habits happineſs hiftory himſelf human illuftrate imagination impoffible impreffions inftance inquiries intellectual intereſting inveſtigation itſelf language lefs leſs Lord Bacon memory mind moft moſt muft muſt myſelf nature neceffarily neceffary obfervations objects occafion opinion paffage particular perception perfon phenomena philofophers phyfical Plato pleaſure poffefs poffible prefent principles proceffes progrefs propofitions purpoſes purſuits queftion reafon recollect refpect refult remarks ſeems ſenſe ſtate ſtudy thefe themſelves theory theſe things thofe thoſe thought tion truth underſtanding univerfals uſe whofe words
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Pagina 228 - These forms are adapted to ordinary occasions; and therefore persons who are nurtured in office, do admirably well, as long as things go on in their common order; but when the high roads are broken up, and the waters out, when a new and troubled scene is opened, and the file affords no precedent, then it is that a greater knowledge of mankind, and a far more extensive comprehension of things, is requisite than ever office gave, or than office can ever give.
Pagina 366 - I had rather believe all the fables in the Legend, and the Talmud, and the Alcoran, than that this universal frame is without a mind.
Pagina 325 - ... are produced with any constancy or any certainty, for this is not the nature of chance; but the rules by which men of extraordinary parts, and such as are called men of Genius work, are either such as they discover by their own peculiar observations...
Pagina 509 - In thirty years the western breeze had not once fanned his blood : he had seen no sun, no moon, in all that time, nor had the voice of friend or kinsman breathed through his lattice : his children — but here my heart began to bleed, and I was forced to go on with another part of the portrait.
Pagina 227 - He was bred to the law, which is, in my opinion, one of the first and noblest of human sciences ; a science which does more to quicken and invigorate the understanding, than all the other kinds of learning put together ; but it is not apt, except in persons very happily born, to open and to liberalize the mind exactly in the same proportion.
Pagina 289 - Great in the earth, as in the ethereal frame; Warms in the sun, refreshes in the breeze, Glows in the stars, and blossoms in the trees; Lives through all life, extends through all extent; Spreads undivided, operates unspent! Breathes in our soul, informs our mortal part. As full, as perfect, in a hair as heart; As full, as perfect in vile man that mourns.
Pagina 481 - Bear me, Pomona ! to thy citron groves ; To where the lemon and the piercing lime, With the deep orange, glowing through the green, Their lighter glories blend.
Pagina 378 - ... them. As Greece and Rome are the fountains from whence have flowed all kinds of excellence, to that veneration which they have a right to claim for the...
Pagina 134 - 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?
Pagina 292 - 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...