Manual of the anatomy and physiology of the human mind / by James Carlile.

  • Carlile, James, 1784-1854.
Date:
1859
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Credit: Manual of the anatomy and physiology of the human mind / by James Carlile. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    HI. The artificial excitement of the sublime and BEAUTIFUL. 1. The Beautiful. 1. Artists have wider range than objects in themselves page beautiful 181 Suggest pleasant thoughts 181 2. Artists must avail themselves of the natural sources of beauty 181 Musicians—pleasing .tones, scale, chords, rhythm, symmetry of composition . . . . . . 181 Painters—harmony of colouring, variety . . .182 Sculptors—mental beauty, symmetry, variety . . 182 Architects—symmetry, proportion . . . . 183 Poets—order, and symmetry in rhythm and plan, variety 183 2. Hie Sublime. Also a wider range than objects . . . . .184 Music 185 Painting . . . . . . . . . 185 Architecture . . . . . . . . . 185 Sculpture . .186 Poetry 186 3. Truthfulness necessary to all ..... 187 Musician, painter. . . . . . . . 187 Architect, poet. . . . . . . .188 Conclusion . . 189 CHAPTER IX. THE RECOGNITION OF MENTAL STATES AND OPERATIONS IN THE INFERIOR ANIMALS. Mental states and operations of inferior animals recognised, on the same principle with those of men . . .190 § 1.—The emotions of the inferior animals. Hunger and thirst, fear, anger, revenge, complicated emotions. Examples . . . . . .191 Expression of emotions 192 § 2. The intellectual operations of inferior animals. Laws of suggestion 193 Exact discrimination . 193 Chiefly employed in obtaining food; skill and foresight . 193 Their skill and foresight have a different origin from that of man 193 Proofs of this. Instinct 194