A letter to William Lawrence, Esq. F.R.S. on the nature and causes of intellectual life and the mind / [William Addison].

  • William Addison
Date:
1830
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Credit: A letter to William Lawrence, Esq. F.R.S. on the nature and causes of intellectual life and the mind / [William Addison]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    this organic power do not transmit any idea, knowledge, or sensation to the intellectual prin¬ ciple: we are not conscious of them. But it is necessary to the welfare of the body, that any derangement or disorder in these operations should become objects of knowledge or con¬ sideration to the intellectual principle abiding $ therein. Inflammation and the various other derangements to which the organic functions of the body are liable, and which would soon, if not checked, destroy its subserviency to the intellectual principle, are therefore indicated by pain, or some other sensation, the results of a communication which under these altered conditions the organs of the body are able to establish with its governing principle. We experience not the jarring of the wheels, the friction of the cords, nor the rushing of the torrent of our frame, when things are going on right; but no sooner is there any occurrence to check the regularity of the movements of our complicated machine, than we (our intellectual principle) are informed thereof, to adopt means for its removal. This is a wise provision, and coupled with the desire of mortal life is often the means of preventing the body falling into decay*. Life, then, I propose to consider here, first, * Consult Warren’s Disquisition.
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