Mind and Body: The Theories of Their RelationAppleton, 1874 - 196 páginas |
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... muscular action is not merely the exponent of the passion , but truly an essential part of it . If we try , while the features are fixed in the expression of one passion , to call up in the mind a different one , we shall find it ...
... muscular action is not merely the exponent of the passion , but truly an essential part of it . If we try , while the features are fixed in the expression of one passion , to call up in the mind a different one , we shall find it ...
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... Muscles , and the great Viscera . The peculiar structure of the Brain will be afterwards adverted to . For the present , I remark that it is a very large and complicated organ ; it receives a copious supply of blood , computed as one ...
... Muscles , and the great Viscera . The peculiar structure of the Brain will be afterwards adverted to . For the present , I remark that it is a very large and complicated organ ; it receives a copious supply of blood , computed as one ...
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... muscles ; under great muscular strain , there is very little capability of mental effort . Again , there are certain substances , known as stimulants , that are considered to supply the blood with an element specially provocative of ...
... muscles ; under great muscular strain , there is very little capability of mental effort . Again , there are certain substances , known as stimulants , that are considered to supply the blood with an element specially provocative of ...
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... muscles demands a large supply of nerve force , and animals whose muscles are large and active have correspondingly large brains . Thus it is that the maximum size of the brain is reached , not in human beings , but in the elephant ...
... muscles demands a large supply of nerve force , and animals whose muscles are large and active have correspondingly large brains . Thus it is that the maximum size of the brain is reached , not in human beings , but in the elephant ...
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... muscular exertion . It is found that tall men , as a rule , have larger brains than small men . Comparing the increasing size of the brain with the increase in mental power , we are struck with the small- ness of the one increase as ...
... muscular exertion . It is found that tall men , as a rule , have larger brains than small men . Comparing the increasing size of the brain with the increase in mental power , we are struck with the small- ness of the one increase as ...
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551 Broadway acquisitions activity acute æther animal APPLETON Aquinas Aristotle Augustine BALFOUR STEWART blood bodily brain called cause cells centres CLAUDIAN connected connexion of mind consciousness corpuscles corresponding currents Darwin definite degree Descartes diffused distinct doctrine effect elements emotions energy excitement existence expression extension feeling fibres force functions groupings HERBERT SPENCER human ideas Illustrations immaterial immortal impression Intellect intensity International Scientific Series knowledge Mamertus manifestations material matter memory ment mental fact mind and body mode motion movements moving organs muscles muscular mystery nature Neo-Platonism nerve-cells nerves nervous system nexion nutritive operation Origin of Species philosophy physical Pleasure and Pain present Price principle principle of Relativity Prof Professor properties pure regards remarkable sensation sense sentient separate SHELDON AMOS shock Sir JOHN LUBBOCK soul spirit stimulation substance suppose T. H. HUXLEY theory things THOMAS AQUINAS thought tion union variety volume W. D. WHITNEY