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Synonymous with the word idea, we shall sometimes use the words/en/ital
motion in contradistinétion to muscular motion. 8. The word perception includes
both the action of the organ of sense in consequence of the impact of external
objects, ...
Synonymous with the word idea, we shall sometimes use the words/en/ital
motion in contradistinétion to muscular motion. 8. The word perception includes
both the action of the organ of sense in consequence of the impact of external
objects, ...
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... the fimple ideas, that we call up by recollection or by imagination, as the colour
of red, or the smell of a rose, are exact resemblances of the same simple ideas
from perception; and in consequence must be a repetition of those very motions.
... the fimple ideas, that we call up by recollection or by imagination, as the colour
of red, or the smell of a rose, are exact resemblances of the same simple ideas
from perception; and in consequence must be a repetition of those very motions.
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These are the faculty of causing fibrous contractions in consequence of the
irritations excited by external bodies, in consequence of the sensations of
pleasure or pain, in consequence of volition, and in consequence of the
associations of ...
These are the faculty of causing fibrous contractions in consequence of the
irritations excited by external bodies, in consequence of the sensations of
pleasure or pain, in consequence of volition, and in consequence of the
associations of ...
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the muscles or organs of sense, in consequence of the appulses of external
bodies. SEN's Arion is an exertion or change of the central parts of the sensorium
, or of the whole of it, beginning at some of those extreme parts of it, which reside
in ...
the muscles or organs of sense, in consequence of the appulses of external
bodies. SEN's Arion is an exertion or change of the central parts of the sensorium
, or of the whole of it, beginning at some of those extreme parts of it, which reside
in ...
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or sometimes by elastic ligaments, as in the necks of quadrupeds. The sensorial
motions, which constitute the sensations of pleasure or pain, and which constitute
volition, and which cause the fibrous contractions in consequence of irritation or ...
or sometimes by elastic ligaments, as in the necks of quadrupeds. The sensorial
motions, which constitute the sensations of pleasure or pain, and which constitute
volition, and which cause the fibrous contractions in consequence of irritation or ...
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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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