Mental Philosophy: Including the Intellect, Sensibilities, and Will

_Relation to the Synthetic Process._--We have thus far considered that form or process of the reflective faculty, by which we combine the elements of individual complex concepti...

_General Character._--As now defined, this is that form of mental activity in which the mind's former perceptions and sensations are reproduced in thought. The external objects...

_The Science which treats of this._--The investigation of this topic brings us upon the domain of a science as yet comparatively new, and which, in fact, has scarcely yet assume...

_Character of this Power._--This term has been employed in various senses by different writers. It does not denote properly a distinct faculty of the mind. I conceive of a thing...

_Statement._--There are certain mental phenomena connected with the relation which the mind sustains to the nervous organism, and depending intimately on the state of that organ...

_Nature and Objects of this Emotion._--Among those susceptibilities which, while implanted in our nature, and springing into exercise by their own spontaneous energy, imply in t...

_Propriety of the Designation Self-love._--Among that class of desires that have their foundation in the mental rather than in the physical constitution, one of the most importa...

_Primary Truths and Primary Ideas as distinguished._--The faculty in question may be regarded as the source of primary beliefs, truths, cognitions, intuitively _perceived_, and...

_The Point at which we have arrived._--We have thus far treated of those forms of mental representation which are concerned in the reproduction of what has once been perceived o...

_The Idea of Right a Conception of the Mind._--Among the conceptions which constitute the furniture of the mind, there is one, which, in many respects, is unlike all others, whi...

_Character of the Affections as a Class._--Of the three generic classes into which the sensibilities were divided, viz., Simple Emotions, Affections, and Desires, the first alon...

_Our Conceptions often Complex._--If we examine attentively the various notions or conceptions of the mind, we find that a large part of them are in a sense complex--comprising,...

_Question early Discussed._--The question respecting human freedom, was very early a topic of inquiry and discussion. It enters prominently into the philosophy of all nations, s...

_Previous Analysis._--It will be recollected that in the analysis which has been given of the sensibilities, they were arranged under three generic classes, viz., Simple Emotion...

Closely connected with the philosophy of human intelligence is the science of _instinct_, or the intelligence of the brute--a subject of interest not merely in its relations to...

Philosophy, in the wide sense usually given it, denotes the investigation and explanation of the causes of things; it seeks to discover, and scientifically to state, the general...

_Problems respecting the Will._--Our attention has thus far been directed to the psychological facts respecting the will, in itself considered, and also in its relations to the...

_What the Will is._--I understand, by the will, that power which the mind has of determining or deciding what it will do, and of putting forth volitions accordingly. The will is...

_The Question stated._--In the preceding chapters our attention has been directed to the psychological facts respecting the will, and also to the general question respecting the...

_As distinguished from the Benevolent._--The affections have already been distinguished from other forms of the sensibility, by the circumstance that they involve, along with th...

_Office of this Power._--In our analysis of the powers of the mind, one was described as having for its office the conception of truths that lie apart from the region and domain...

_The Relation of Psychology to Theology._--The very close connection between the philosophy of the will, and the science of theology, has already been remarked. We have discusse...

_Importance of such a preliminary Investigation._--It is of the highest importance, as we approach a science like the one before us, to obtain, if possible, at the outset, a cle...

_Certain Distinctions may be noticed._--Including, under the term sensibility, according to the definition already given, whatever is of the nature of _feeling_, in distinction...

_Nature of these Emotions._--In the analysis of the sensibilities, which was given in a preceding chapter, _hope and fear_ were classed as modifications of _desire and aversion_...

_General Statement._--Before proceeding to investigate the several specific faculties of the intellect, as already classified, there are certain preliminary topics to be conside...

_General Character of this Power._--It has not been usual to treat of Attention as one of the distinct faculties of the mind. It is doubtless a power which the mind possesses, b...

_Activity of the Intellect in Volition._--It is a matter of some importance to ascertain the relation which the will sustains to the other mental powers. There can be no doubt t...

_Previous Analysis._--In entering upon the investigation of a new department of our science, it may be well to recur, for a moment, to the analysis and classification of the pow...

_Nature of Appetite as compared with other Forms of Desire._--These are usually called _appetites_, in distinction from those desires which are founded in the nature of the mind...

_Differences in this respect._--There are great differences among men, as regards the strength and energy of this, as compared with the other departments of mental activity. The...

_General Character of Desire._--What we enjoy we love, and what we enjoy and love, becomes, when no longer present, or when, although yet present, its future absence is regarded...