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... whole seems to me to be necessary , I see no alternative but to employ it as inclusive of all conscious active ( and counteractive ) determinations , both those ordinarily styled involuntary and those called voluntary . In this sense ...
... whole seems to me to be necessary , I see no alternative but to employ it as inclusive of all conscious active ( and counteractive ) determinations , both those ordinarily styled involuntary and those called voluntary . In this sense ...
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... whole , we find a development the most nearly approaching that of man in his lowest states . Affec- tion and sympathy are more strongly marked than in the dog . A strong sense of the ludicrous , and with it a sensitiveness to ridicule ...
... whole , we find a development the most nearly approaching that of man in his lowest states . Affec- tion and sympathy are more strongly marked than in the dog . A strong sense of the ludicrous , and with it a sensitiveness to ridicule ...
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... whole psychological character of the dog may therefore be said to have been moulded by human agency , with reference to human requirements , so that now it is not more true that man has , in a sense , created the structure of the bull ...
... whole psychological character of the dog may therefore be said to have been moulded by human agency , with reference to human requirements , so that now it is not more true that man has , in a sense , created the structure of the bull ...
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... whole of a mental state becomes such an object ; at another , some one element of a single state is detached from the act that produced it , and becomes endowed , so to speak , with a separate life . This product , so far as it exists ...
... whole of a mental state becomes such an object ; at another , some one element of a single state is detached from the act that produced it , and becomes endowed , so to speak , with a separate life . This product , so far as it exists ...
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... whole of them ; and , conversely , the greater the number of objects the less the number of attributes per- . taining to them all . In ascertaining the extent of a concept actual individuals are seldom considered , that is , division is ...
... whole of them ; and , conversely , the greater the number of objects the less the number of attributes per- . taining to them all . In ascertaining the extent of a concept actual individuals are seldom considered , that is , division is ...
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ą priori abstract action ęsthetic animal appetites argument associated attribute axiom cause character characteristic complete concept conclusion connected consciousness deduction definition degree delight desire dispositions distinction division effect egoistic 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 prostration racter Rational Psychology re-percepts reason redintegration reference regard 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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