Instinct and reason: deduced from electro-biology / By Alfred Smee.

  • Smee, Alfred, 1818-1877.
Date:
1850
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Credit: Instinct and reason: deduced from electro-biology / By Alfred Smee. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    .Reason and Faith, 439.—Right and Wrong proved by Reason and Faith, 440.—Faith supplies a want experienced by Reason, 441.—Religion from Inspiration, 442.—Difference of Religion, 443.—Reason determines the choice of Religion, 444.—Reason discards Paganism, 445, 446.—Reason determines Choice, 447 ; discards Mahometanism, 448.—Reason must determine between Judaism and Christianity, 449.—Reason chooses Christianity, 450.—Varieties of Christians, 451.—Do Reason and Christianity accord? 452.—Accordance of Electro-Biology with Christianity as to the Attributes of the Almighty, 453 ; as to the Properties of the Body and Qualities of the Soul, 454; as to the Value of Prayer, 455; as to the Effect of Prayer, 456; Example of, 457. —General Remarks, 458 . . . . . p. 222 CHAPTER XIII. PERVERTED REA-SON. Fallibility of Man, 459.—Source of Errors and Delusions, 460.— Errors of Vision, 461.—Coloured Lights, 462.—Defective Vision, 464.—Estimate of Distance, 465.—Errors of Motion, 466.— Repetition of Objects, 467.—Curious Optical Effects, 468.— Coloured Glass, 469.—Curved Glasses, 470.—Microscopical De¬ lusions, 471.—Conjuring Tricks, 472.—Opera and Theatre, 473. -—Errors of Hearing, 474.—Ventriloquism, 475-478.—Errors of Smell, 479 ; of Taste, 480; of Touch, 481, 482.—Erroneous use of Words, 484.—Wills Act, 485, 486.—Miss Bateman’s Will, 487.—Other Wills, 488.—Effects of Interpretation, 489, 490.—-Errors of Memory, 491.—Apparitions, 492,493.—Dreams, 494.—Dancing Mania, 495.—Wolf Mania, 496.—Enthusiasm, 497 ; Anecdote of, 498.—Fanatical Ravings, 499.—Jumpers, 500.—Puseyite and Revolutionary Epidemic, 501.—Anecdote, 502.—Perverted Judgment, 503.—Gorham and Exeter, 504.— Mental Stimuli, 505.—Material and Immaterial, 506.—Pleasure and Pain, 507, 508.—Combination of Experience, 509, 510.— Logic, 511.—Induction, 512, 513.—Deductions, 514.—Errors of Time, 515.—Causality, 516.—Potato Disease, 517.—Aphis vadaior, 518.—Other Aphides, 519.—Laws of Aphides, 520.—