Elements of CriticismA. S. Barnes, 1883 - 486 pages |
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... directed to the external object : in sen- sation , it is directed to the pleasure or pain I feel . The terms perception and sensation are sometimes employed to signify the objects of perception and sensation . Perception in that sense ...
... directed to the external object : in sen- sation , it is directed to the pleasure or pain I feel . The terms perception and sensation are sometimes employed to signify the objects of perception and sensation . Perception in that sense ...
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... directed by a sense of order : we perceive it to be more orderly , that we should pass from a principle to its accessories , and from a whole to its parts , than in the contrary direction Next , with respect to the position of things ...
... directed by a sense of order : we perceive it to be more orderly , that we should pass from a principle to its accessories , and from a whole to its parts , than in the contrary direction Next , with respect to the position of things ...
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... directed by will ; and for that reason , it is our own fault if trifling objects make any deep impression . Had we power equally to withhold our attention from matters of importance , we might be proof against any deep impression . But ...
... directed by will ; and for that reason , it is our own fault if trifling objects make any deep impression . Had we power equally to withhold our attention from matters of importance , we might be proof against any deep impression . But ...
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... directing the train of thought . Taking a view of external objects , their inherent properties are not more remarkable than the various relations that connect them to- gether . Cause and effect , contiguity in time or in place , high ...
... directing the train of thought . Taking a view of external objects , their inherent properties are not more remarkable than the various relations that connect them to- gether . Cause and effect , contiguity in time or in place , high ...
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... directed to her as its object : a man , by injuring me , raises my resentment , and becomes thereby the object of my resentment . Thus the cause of a passion and its object are the same in different respects . An emotion , on the other ...
... directed to her as its object : a man , by injuring me , raises my resentment , and becomes thereby the object of my resentment . Thus the cause of a passion and its object are the same in different respects . An emotion , on the other ...
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