Sound mind; or, Contributions to the natural history and physiology of the human intellect / By John Haslam.

  • Haslam, John, 1764-1844.
Date:
1819
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Credit: Sound mind; or, Contributions to the natural history and physiology of the human intellect / By John Haslam. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by King’s College London. The original may be consulted at King’s College London.

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    The act of thought or reflection, there- fore, appears to consist, not in the oper- ation of an exclusive and particular faculty, but in the voluntary recollection of pic- tures, as far as visible perception is in- volved, and of terms or words which are the types or representatives of our per- ceptions, together with those general terms, which are to be considered as ab- breviations of meaning or intelligence. o o All this would, however, only amount to an act of memory, of such pictures and terms, particular and general; and would not comprehend or include their analysis, estimate, admeasurement, or ratio, with inquiries into their source and tendency, which is denominated reason, and which will compose the materials of the follow- ing chapter. Suffice it to observe that