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Chapter II: Section XI: Historic Sketch--Various Definitions

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AND THEORIES OF IMAGINATION BY DIFFERENT WRITERS 158

PART THIRD.

THE REFLECTIVE POWER.

GENERAL OSERVATIONS 162

CHAPTER I.

THE SYNTHETIC PROCESS.--GENERALIZATION 165

SECTION I.--NATURE OF THE SYNTHETIC PROCESS 165

SECTION II.--PROVINCE AND RELATION OF SEVERAL
TERMS EMPLOYED TO DENOTE, IN PART, OR AS A WHOLE,
THIS POWER OF THE MIND 177

SECTION III.--HISTORICAL SKETCH--THE REALIST AND
NOMINALIST CONTROVERSY 177

CHAPTER II.

THE ANALYTIC PROCESS--REASONING 180

SECTION I.--THE NATURE OF THE PROCESS 181

SECTION II.--RELATION OF JUDGMENT AND REASONING 187

SECTION III.--DIFFERENT KINDS OF REASONING 189

I. DEMONSTRATIVE 189

II. PROBABLE--(1.) FROM TESTIMONY;
(2.) FROM EXPERIENCE; (3.) FROM ANALOGY 192

SECTION IV.--USE OF HYPOTHESES AND THEORIES
IN REASONING 199

SECTION V.--DIFFERENT FORMS OF REASONING 203

I. ANALYSIS OF THE PROPOSITION 203

II. ANALYSIS OF THE SYLLOGISM 205

III. LAWS OF SYLLOGISM 207

IV. DIFFERENT KINDS OF SYLLOGISM 209

V. DIFFERENT FORMS OF SYLLOGISM 210

VI. LAWS OF THOUGHT ON WHICH THE SYLLOGISM DEPENDS 212

VII. USE AND VALUE OF THE SYLLOGISM 213

VIII. HISTORICAL SKETCH OF THE SCIENCE OF LOGIC 219

PART FOURTH.

INTUITIVE POWER.

CHAPTER I.

EXISTENCE AND NATURE OF THIS FACULTY 229

CHAPTER II.

TRUTHS AND CONCEPTIONS FURNISHED BY THIS FACULTY 238

SECTION I.--PRIMARY TRUTHS 238

SECTION II.--INTUITIVE CONCEPTIONS 241

I. SPACE 241

II. TIME 244

III. IDENTITY 249

IV. CAUSE 257

V. IDEA OF THE BEAUTIFUL AND THE RIGHT 262

CHAPTER III.

THE CONCEPTION AND COGNIZANCE OF THE BEAUTIFUL 263

SECTION I.--CONCEPTION OF THE BEAUTIFUL 263

SECTION II.--COGNIZANCE OF THE BEAUTIFUL 286

CHAPTER IV.

IDEA AND COGNIZANCE OF THE RIGHT 303

SECTION I.--IDEA OF RIGHT--WHENCE COMES THE IDEA 303

SECTION II.--COGNIZANCE OF THE RIGHT--1. NATURE
OF CONSCIENCE; 2. AUTHORITY OF CONSCIENCE 314

SUPPLEMENTARY TOPICS.

CHAPTER I.

INTELLIGENCE IN MAN AS DISTINGUISHED FROM
INTELLIGENCE IN THE BRUTE 329

CHAPTER II.

MIND AS AFFECTED BY CERTAIN STATES OF THE BRAIN
AND NERVOUS SYSTEM 342

SECTION I.--SLEEP 343

SECTION II.--DREAMS 351

SECTION III.--SOMNAMBULISM 360

SECTION IV.--INSANITY 368

DIVISION SECOND.

THE SENSIBILITIES.

PRELIMINARY TOPICS.

CHAPTER I.

NATURE, DIFFICULTY, AND IMPORTANCE OF THIS
DEPARTMENT OF THE SCIENCE 377

CHAPTER II.

ANALYSIS AND CLASSIFICATION OF THE SENSIBILITIES 382

PART FIRST.

SIMPLE EMOTIONS.

CHAPTER I.

INSTINCTIVE EMOTIONS 395

SECTION I.--OF THAT GENERAL STATE OF MIND KNOWN
AS CHEERFULNESS, AND ITS OPPOSITE, MELANCHOLY 396

SECTION II.--SORROW AT LOSS OF FRIENDS 399

SECTION III.--SYMPATHY WITH THE HAPPINESS AND
SORROW OF OTHERS 402

CHAPTER II.

RATIONAL EMOTIONS 409

SECTION I.--EMOTIONS OF JOY OR SADNESS, ARISING
FROM THE CONTEMPLATION OF OUR OWN EXCELLENCE,
OR THE REVERSE 409

SECTION II.--ENJOYMENT OF THE LUDICROUS 413

SECTION III.--ENJOYMENT OF THE NEW AND WONDERFUL 424

SECTION IV.--ENJOYMENT OF THE BEAUTIFUL, AND
THE SUBLIME 427

SECTION V.--SATISFACTION IN VIEW OF RIGHT
CONDUCT, AND REMORSE IN VIEW OF WRONG 434

PART SECOND.

THE AFFECTIONS.

CHAPTER I.

BENEVOLENT AFFECTIONS 441

SECTION I.--LOVE OF KINDRED 442

SECTION II.--LOVE OF FRIENDS 447

SECTION III.--LOVE OF BENEFACTORS 451

SECTION IV.--LOVE OF HOME AND COUNTRY 454

CHAPTER II.

MALEVOLENT AFFECTIONS 458

RESENTMENT, WITH ITS MODIFICATIONS, ENVY,
JEALOUSY, REVENGE 458-469

PART THIRD.

THE DESIRES.

CHAPTER I.

NATURE AND CLASSIFICATION OF DESIRES 473

CHAPTER II.

DESIRES ARISING FROM THE PHYSICAL CONSTITUTION. 477

CHAPTER III.

DESIRES ARISING FROM THE CONSTITUTION OF THE MIND 481

SECTION I.--DESIRE OF HAPPINESS 481

SECTION II.--DESIRE OF KNOWLEDGE 487

SECTION III.--DESIRE OF POWER 490

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