Letters On the Philosophy of the Human Mind
Letters On the Philosophy of the Human Mind
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Perhaps no better illustration of what abstraction is can be furnished than the practice of the ac- countant in casting- up columns of figures. When, for example, he is engaged with a column contain- ing only three places, he first adds up the units, leaving the tens and hundreds out of consideration; then the tens, leaving the units and hundreds un- noticed ; and, lastly, the hundreds, with a similar neglect of the other two.
Or take the geometer, who begins by puzzling the learner about such ...impossibilities as lines of length without either breadth or thickness, and points denuded of all dimensions; the simple matter being that, in his reasoning? about lines, he considers only length, and leaves breadth and G 4 88 PHILOSOPHY OF THE HUMAN MIND.
thickness out of account ; and in the case of points he leaves out all the three. In both cases, how- ever, what he leaves out of account he cannot pos- sibly leave out of conception.
And in all these instances you will not fail to observe the way in which any purely mental in- fluence of willing is almost always intermixed with that of muscular actions co-operating to pro* duce the desired result, and without which the eflFect of volition on the states or movements of the intellect would be inconsiderable.
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To quickly assess the difficulty of the text, read a short excerpt:
Perhaps no better illustration of what abstraction is can be furnished than the practice of the ac- countant in casting- up columns of figures. When, for example, he is engaged with a column contain- ing only three places, he first adds up the units, leaving the tens and hundreds out of consideration; then the tens, leaving the units and hundreds un- noticed ; and, lastly, the hundreds, with a similar neglect of the other two.
Or take the geometer, who begins by puzzling the learner about such ...impossibilities as lines of length without either breadth or thickness, and points denuded of all dimensions; the simple matter being that, in his reasoning? about lines, he considers only length, and leaves breadth and G 4 88 PHILOSOPHY OF THE HUMAN MIND.
thickness out of account ; and in the case of points he leaves out all the three. In both cases, how- ever, what he leaves out of account he cannot pos- sibly leave out of conception.
And in all these instances you will not fail to observe the way in which any purely mental in- fluence of willing is almost always intermixed with that of muscular actions co-operating to pro* duce the desired result, and without which the eflFect of volition on the states or movements of the intellect would be inconsiderable.
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You can find similar books in the "Read Also" column, or choose other free books by Samuel Bailey to read onlineMoreLess
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