Author : Leicester Ambrose Sawyer
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ISBN 13 : 9781330472767
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (727 download)
Book Synopsis A Critical Exposition of Mental Philosophy (Classic Reprint) by : Leicester Ambrose Sawyer
Download or read book A Critical Exposition of Mental Philosophy (Classic Reprint) written by Leicester Ambrose Sawyer and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-02 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Critical Exposition of Mental Philosophy Mental Philosophy is a subject of intense and general interest. Most branches of it have been ably discussed by successive writers of ancient and modern times. As a science, however, it may be considered as of modern date. Locke, Reid, Stewart, Brown, Kant, Cousin, and many others, have contributed to develop and establish its principles, and to diffuse a knowledge of them through the civilized world. Minds are as legitimate objects of knowledge, as material objects. The doctrines of mental philosophy, are not mere matters of conjecture and opinion, any more than those of mathematics and physics. The amount of knowledge attained and attainable, respecting minds, is much greater than many suppose. Much knowledge, however, that is actually attained by some, is far less extensively diffused than its importance demands; and other and higher truths belonging to this department of science, which are fully within the grasp of human reason, are yet unattained. In the present work, considerable improvements have been attempted, in the theory of sensations, ideas, affections, and of the will; and in the general division and arrangement of mental phenomena. In each of the generic departments of mental philosophy, particularly in that of ideas, it is believed that the doctrines of the following pages are in advance of the existing state of mental philosophy, as it appears in any other work. Whether this is really the case or not, and in what degree it is the case, if it is so at all, is submitted to the judgment of candid and competent critics, and to the still higher judgment of the public at large, by which that of the most enlightened individual critics is sometimes justly reversed. This work is not put forth under any impression that it is perfect. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
