Phrenology examined / by P. Flourens ; translated from the second edition of 1845, by Charles De Lucena Meigs.

  • Flourens, P. (Pierre), 1794-1867.
Date:
1846
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    possessed of forces. These forces alone are endowed with organs; and these organs, by which they are kept separate from each other, separate them to distances sufficiently great to hinder, in certain cases, one given faculty from exercising any influence over another. There- fore, there is no such thing as unity; there is no unit faculty, no unit understanding; there is no me; and if there he no me, there can be no soul. In the same way he abolishes the free- will. Will, liberty, reason, in his view,* are nothing but results, as I have already stated. To the end, says he, that man may not be confined merely to the ability to wish—in order that he may actually will—the concur- rence of several superior faculties is requisite. The motives must be weighed, compared, and * See the preceding articles.