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man is , without a single exception , always formed for “ him ; that it may be , and
is chiefly , created by his pre“ decessors ; that they give him , or may give him , his
ideas “ and habits , which are the POWERS that govern and direct “ his conduct ...
man is , without a single exception , always formed for “ him ; that it may be , and
is chiefly , created by his pre“ decessors ; that they give him , or may give him , his
ideas “ and habits , which are the POWERS that govern and direct “ his conduct ...
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produce better ideas than they could have invented when awake . The
phenomena of somnambulism admit of a similar explanation , as it is merely a
variety of dreaming , in which one or more of the external senses are in
simultaneous activity ...
produce better ideas than they could have invented when awake . The
phenomena of somnambulism admit of a similar explanation , as it is merely a
variety of dreaming , in which one or more of the external senses are in
simultaneous activity ...
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The mind having , by means of “ Individuality , obtained the idea of a tree , as an
individual “ existence , may analyze it , and resolve it into its constituent “ parts of
form , colour , magnitude ; but the contemplation of it “ in this manner is at once ...
The mind having , by means of “ Individuality , obtained the idea of a tree , as an
individual “ existence , may analyze it , and resolve it into its constituent “ parts of
form , colour , magnitude ; but the contemplation of it “ in this manner is at once ...
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He says , “ It is most probable , that those very fibres of the brain which “ assist at
the first idea or perception of an object , are the same " which assist also at the
recollection of it ; and then it will fol . " low that the Memory has no special part of
...
He says , “ It is most probable , that those very fibres of the brain which “ assist at
the first idea or perception of an object , are the same " which assist also at the
recollection of it ; and then it will fol . " low that the Memory has no special part of
...
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This is the third degree of activity , and in this state new combinations are formed
in all possible varieties ; but no idea is ... however bold exertions of the
imagination , are merely new combinations of previously existing ideas , arising
from the ...
This is the third degree of activity , and in this state new combinations are formed
in all possible varieties ; but no idea is ... however bold exertions of the
imagination , are merely new combinations of previously existing ideas , arising
from the ...
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