An exposition of the fallacies of the materialistic theory of physiological psychology / by J.M. Winn.

  • Winn, James M. (James Michell), 1808-1900.
Date:
1894
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Credit: An exposition of the fallacies of the materialistic theory of physiological psychology / by J.M. Winn. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    spiritual essence, and cannot be divided, and as to con- sciousness, not even the most daring and presumptuous of materialists has been able to give the faintest shadow of a physical explanation of its nature. A writer, yt C James Ansly Hingesto, F.R.S., in the Journal of A Psychological Medicine for 1848, eloquently describes what is the true notion of mind :—“ Far more trans- cendent than all these glories [of the universe] is the mind of man—encased within its bony tabernacle for a brief and hurried season—confined to the small spot of the earth, and from beneath the pent-house of its eyelid peering forth on the broad daylight of this fair world, and glancing, with almost angel’s ken, from earth to heaven. Mind is indeed an enigma, the solution of which is beyond the reach of this very mind, itself the problem, the demonstrator, the demonstration, and the demonstrand. The mental operation is introverted : the eye must view itself—the thought must think on thought—and the mind must understand and explain the mind. O wondrous work! Who shall penetrate its inmost recesses and visit the varied chambers of its imagery ? What tongue shall tell the endless legends of its lore ? or what pen describe the mazes of its endless labyrinth of ideas ? Pass on thou slow- footed herald, Time ! and guide us to that golden