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important discoveries; but when with licentious activity it links together objects,
otherwise discordant,by some sanciful similitude; it may indeed collect ornaments
for wit and poetry, but philosophy and truth recoil from its combinations. The want
...
important discoveries; but when with licentious activity it links together objects,
otherwise discordant,by some sanciful similitude; it may indeed collect ornaments
for wit and poetry, but philosophy and truth recoil from its combinations. The want
...
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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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... whether a pause succeeds it, or a new configuration immediately takes place.
Thus when a succession of moving objects are presented to our view, the ideas
of trumpets, horns, lords and ladies, trains and canopies, are configurations, VOL.
... whether a pause succeeds it, or a new configuration immediately takes place.
Thus when a succession of moving objects are presented to our view, the ideas
of trumpets, horns, lords and ladies, trains and canopies, are configurations, VOL.
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We shall therefore take for granted at present, that our recollection or imagination
of external objećts consists of a ... which were excited by those external objects,
at the time we became acquainted with them; and that our reflex ideas of the ...
We shall therefore take for granted at present, that our recollection or imagination
of external objećts consists of a ... which were excited by those external objects,
at the time we became acquainted with them; and that our reflex ideas of the ...
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... the stimulus of this pressure that excites the organ of touch into animal action,
which constitutes the perception of hardness and of figure: for in some minutes
the perception ceases, though the mechanical pressure of the object remains. - 3.
... the stimulus of this pressure that excites the organ of touch into animal action,
which constitutes the perception of hardness and of figure: for in some minutes
the perception ceases, though the mechanical pressure of the object remains. - 3.
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abſorbent acquired action affected alſo animal appears arteries aſſociation attended becauſe become beginning birds blood body branch called caſes catenations cauſe ceaſes circle circumſtance cold colour common conſequence conſiſts conſtitute continued contractions diſeaſe dreams excited exertion exiſt experience explained external eyes fibres figure firſt fluid frequently glands greater habit heart heat hence ideas imagination immediate increaſed induces internal inteſtines irritative kind length leſs light lymphatics manner material matter mentioned moſt motions mouths moving muſcles muſcular muſt natural nerves objects obſerved occaſioned organs of ſenſe originally owing pain patient perception pleaſure prevent probably produced quantity repeated ſame ſecreted ſeem ſenſation ſenſorial power ſhe ſhould ſkin ſleep ſmall ſome ſometimes ſpirit ſtate ſtimulus ſtomach ſuch ſyſtem termed themſelves theſe thoſe tion touch trains urine uſe uſual veſſels violent volition voluntary whole young
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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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