The book Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind V. 2 was written by author Stewart, Dugald, 1753-1828 Here you can read free online of Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind V. 2 book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Elements of the Philosophy of the Human Mind V. 2 a good or bad book?
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After the explanation which has been already given of geometrical and also of physical analysis, it is almost superfluous to remark, that there is litde, if any thing, in which they resemble each other, excepting this, that both of them are methods of investigation and discov- ery ; and that both happen to be called by the same name. This name is, indeed, from its literal or etymo- logical import, very happily significant of the notions conveyed by it in both instances ; but, notwithstanding * ...See the concluding paragraphs of Newton's Optics, t Account of Newton's Discoveries. OF THE HUMAN MIND. 263 this accidental coincidence, the wide and essential dif- ference between the subjects to which the two kinds of analysis are apphed, must render it extremely evident, that the analogy of the rules which are adapted to the one can be of no use in illustrating those which are suited to the other. Nor is this all : The meaning conveyed by the word analysis, in Physics, in Chemistry, and in the Philoso- phy of the Human Mind, is radically different from that which was annexed to it by the Greek Geometers, or which ever has been annexed to it, by any class of mod- ern Mathematicians.
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