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... prevent, as long as he may be capable of revising it; he therefore begs of the
candid reader to accept of it in its present state, and to excuse any | any
inaccuracies of expression, or of conclusion, into which the.
... prevent, as long as he may be capable of revising it; he therefore begs of the
candid reader to accept of it in its present state, and to excuse any | any
inaccuracies of expression, or of conclusion, into which the.
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The reader is intreated to keep this in his mind, that through all this treatise the
word sensation is used to express pleasure or pain only in its active state, by
whatever means it is introduced into the system, without any reference to the ...
The reader is intreated to keep this in his mind, that through all this treatise the
word sensation is used to express pleasure or pain only in its active state, by
whatever means it is introduced into the system, without any reference to the ...
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... might well be ascribed to the ascent of heated air. Whence it is reasonable to
conclude, that the light of the day must be much too weak in its dilute state to
make any mechanical impression on so tenacious a substance as the retina of
the ...
... might well be ascribed to the ascent of heated air. Whence it is reasonable to
conclude, that the light of the day must be much too weak in its dilute state to
make any mechanical impression on so tenacious a substance as the retina of
the ...
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These four faculties of the sensorium during their inactive state are termed
intitability, sensibility, voluntarity, and associability; in their active state they are
termed as above, irritation, sensation, volition, association. 2. IRRITATION is an
exertion ...
These four faculties of the sensorium during their inactive state are termed
intitability, sensibility, voluntarity, and associability; in their active state they are
termed as above, irritation, sensation, volition, association. 2. IRRITATION is an
exertion ...
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... of their exertions be termed motions without impropriety of language; for we
cannot pass from a state of insensibility or inaction to a state of sensibility or of
exertion without some change of the sensorium, and every change includes
motion.
... of their exertions be termed motions without impropriety of language; for we
cannot pass from a state of insensibility or inaction to a state of sensibility or of
exertion without some change of the sensorium, and every change includes
motion.
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| Title | Zoonomia; Or, The Laws of Organic Life ... Volume 1 of Zoonomia; Or, The Laws of Organic Life, Erasmus Darwin |
| Author | Erasmus Darwin |
| Edition | 3 |
| Publisher | J. Johnson, 1801 |
| Length | 516 pages |
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