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... complete development of volitional power . It is scarcely necessary to observe that such is not acquired instantaneously . The number of acquisitions of this character varies with different individuals and different times of life , but ...
... complete development of volitional power . It is scarcely necessary to observe that such is not acquired instantaneously . The number of acquisitions of this character varies with different individuals and different times of life , but ...
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... complete possession of the fixed idea . The uncontrollable passion , governing intellect , volition and action , which is the most conspicuous symptom of mania , is very apt to be a malevolent one , and the individual suffering seems ...
... complete possession of the fixed idea . The uncontrollable passion , governing intellect , volition and action , which is the most conspicuous symptom of mania , is very apt to be a malevolent one , and the individual suffering seems ...
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... complete and absolutely independent of the other . Not only was the memory of personal impressions , the memory of ... complete as the most exacting observer could desire . ' § 37. A second , less complete but more common form of ...
... complete and absolutely independent of the other . Not only was the memory of personal impressions , the memory of ... complete as the most exacting observer could desire . ' § 37. A second , less complete but more common form of ...
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... complete memory the patient designated the normal condition as d'état bête -- the " brute state . " It is worth noting that in this form of periodic amnesia , there is a part of the memory which is never wiped out , but which re- mains ...
... complete memory the patient designated the normal condition as d'état bête -- the " brute state . " It is worth noting that in this form of periodic amnesia , there is a part of the memory which is never wiped out , but which re- mains ...
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... complete uniformity of law . The law of evolution is the general expression of those uniformities of modes of action which work out different degrees of mental attainment . It is no more than we must expect , therefore , that the laws ...
... complete uniformity of law . The law of evolution is the general expression of those uniformities of modes of action which work out different degrees of mental attainment . It is no more than we must expect , therefore , that the laws ...
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à priori abstract action æsthetic analytical proposition animal appetite argument associated attribute axiom cause character complete concept conclusion connection consciousness deduction definition degree delight desire dispositions distinction division effect emotions empirical laws enjoyment Epicurus equal evidence existence experience expressed fact faculty fallacies feeling force former generalisation greater happiness hence Hickok human idea ideal implies individual induction inference intension intuitive intuitive knowledge joys judgments knowledge latter means ment mental mind movement and exercise nature necessary truths necessity notion noumenon objects observation particular percepts philosophy pleasures and pains pleasures of society premisses present primary pleasures principal ends principles priori proposition racter Rational Psychology re-percepts reason redintegration reference regard repletion repose representation representative pleasures rience scientific sensation sense sexual social straight line summum bonum syllogism term things thought tion true uniformity universal vitality volition wealth Whewell whole words
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Page 272 - And he opened the bottomless pit; and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace; and the sun and the air were darkened by reason of the smoke of the pit.
Page 268 - And I saw no temple therein : for the Lord God Almighty, and the Lamb, are the temple of it. 23 And the city had no need of the sun, neither of the moon, to shine in it: for the glory of God did lighten it, and the Lamb is the light thereof. 24 And the nations of them which are saved, shall walk in the light of it; and the kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it.
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