Essays On Phrenology Or An Inquiry Into the Principles And Utility of the Sys
Essays On Phrenology Or An Inquiry Into the Principles And Utility of the Sys
Combe, George, 1788-1858
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But believing that it is true, and that its consequences will be highly beneficial in giving us enlightened views of human nature, I venture to recommend it to public attention *. In the third place, let it be observed, that the great objects of investigation in this system, are the FACULTIES and their FUNCTIONS, and the ORGANS by means of which the faculties manifest themselves. The functions of the faculties depend upon their constitution, and the power of manifesting them depends upon the or...gans. The functions of the fa- culties cannot be changed by the human will. For example, the faculty of benevolence, will, when ac- tive, always give the specific emotion of compassion, in virtue of its constitution. The faculty of wit, when active, will always produce wit. The faculty * Some persons suppose the doctrine, that the faculties are innate, and that their functions have been appointed by Na- ture, to be dangerous, because they conceive it to be inconsis- tent with the doctrine of human responsibility.
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