Elements of Mental Philosophy

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Harper, 1855 - 480

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Of the Internal Intellect or the Intellect as it is brought into action independently of the direct agency of the Senses
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Of the Nature of Original Suggestion
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Consciousness another form of Internal mental action
30
Of Relative Suggestion or Judgment
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Of the Nature of the Reasoning Power
33
Remarks on the Imagination
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Of other important Intellectual Principles
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Of the Sensibilities in Distinction from the Intellect
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Other and more Subordinate Divisions of the Sensibil ities
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Of the Will and its Relation to the other Powers
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CONNEXION BETWEEN THE MIND AND BODY 19 The Origin of many mental disorders to be found in the Connexion between the mind and th...
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The Mind constituted on the Principle of a Connexion with the Body
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Illustration of the subject from the effects of old age
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The Connexion of the body and mind farther shown from the effects of diseases
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Shown also from the effects of stimulating drugs and gases
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Relation of these Views to the General Subject
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CHAPTER III
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Proceeds from the External to the Internal Intellect
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DISORDERED ACTION OF THE EXTERNAL
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Of Disordered Sensations and Perceptions connected
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Illustrations of the foregoing Views in connexion with
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Section Page
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The Disordered auditory Sensations of the poet Cow
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CHAPTER IV
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Other cases illustrative of Disordered Sensations
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Illustrations of the Subject from the use of Opium
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CHAPTER VI
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There may be Disordered Conceptions connected with the Action of all the Senses
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The Conceptive Power may be placed in a wrong po sition by habit
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Of Permanently Disordered Conceptions
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Of disordered Conceptions combined with a disor dered State of the outward Organs
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Of the original Causes of inordinately excited Concep tions
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CHAPTER VII
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First Cause of the States of Mind termed Apparitions Neglect of Periodical Bloodletting
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Methods of Relief adopted in this case
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Second Cause of Spectral Illusions or Apparitions Attacks of Fever 113 115
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Third Cause of Apparitions Inflammation of the Brain
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Fourth Cause of Spectral Illusions or Apparitions Hysteria
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Concluding Remarks on Disordered Sensation and
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Other Circumstances characteristic of their recurrence
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Farther Illustrations and Remarks on the same Sub ject
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CHAPTER VIII
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Farther considerations on the Nature of this Power
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Of Natural Defect in the Power of Abstraction
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Illustrations of natural Defect in this Power
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Of excessive facility and Profoundness in the Abstract ing Power
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Further Illustrations of this Topic
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Illustration from Bruyeres Manners of the
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Other instances illustrative of excessive Abstraction
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CHAPTER IX
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Of differences in the Degree of Attention Page
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Of Absence of Mind or inability to fix the Attention
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Illustration of inordinately weak or disordered Atten
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Cases of sudden failure of the Attention
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Additional illustration of this disordered Action 94 Of the course to be taken to restore the power of At tention
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ON DREAMING 95 General statement in regard to Dreams
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Connexion of Dreams with our waking Thoughts
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Dreams are often caused by our Sensations
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Explanation of the incoherency of Dreams
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Apparent reality of Dreams 1st cause
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Apparent reality of Dreams 2d cause
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Of our estimate of time in Dreaming
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Dreams sometimes lay the foundation of a permanent ly disordered state of Mind
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Mental disorder sometimes developes itself in connex ion with Dreams
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Case of destruction of life arising from a Dream
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CHAPTER XI
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Singular instance of Somnambulism
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Of the senses falling to sleep in succession
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Similar views applicable to the muscles 109 Of the connexion of Somnambulism with Dreaming
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Further illustrations of Somnambulism
188
Reference to the case of Jane Rider
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DISORDERED ACTION OF THE INTERNAL INTEL
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Of mental defect in consequence of too quick and rapid Association
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Instances illustrative of the preceding section
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Remarks on fickleness of Character
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Of temporary excitement of the associating Principle
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Additional instance of this view of the subject
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CHAPTER V
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Cases involving a general prostration of the Memory
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Of loss of Memory in relation to particular Subjects
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Impaired Memory in connexion with Names
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Of loss of Memory during particular periods of Time
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Of mere weakness or imbecility of the Reasoning Power
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Instance of the foregoing form of perverted Reasoning
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Of disordered Reasoning arising from a disordered state of the other powers of the Mind
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Of readiness of Reasoning in the partially Insane
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CHAPTER VII
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Great Imagination does not necessarily imply a disor dered or insane action of the Mind
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Of cases of marked deficiency of Imagination
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Disorder of the Imagination as connected with Asso ciation and excited Conceptions
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Disorder of the Imagination as connected with the Page
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Of the degree of intellectual power possessed in Idiocy 268
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Illustrations of the causes of Idiocy
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DERANGEMENT OF THE SENSIBILITIES
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Of this form of Insanity in connexion with particular
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Of Sympathetic Imitation in large multitudes
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Additional and striking facts on this subject
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Section Page 198 The desire of Esteem susceptible of a disordered action
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Further explanatory remarks on this subject
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Incidents illustrative of this form of Alienation
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Other instances still further illustrative of the subject
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CHAPTER VII
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True idea of Alienation or Insanity of the Sensibilities
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The irregular action of the Social principle exists in two forms
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Further remarks on the disordered action of the Social propensity
336
Of the disease founded on the Social propensity termed Nostalgia
338
Disordered action of the principle of Veracity
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CHAPTER VIII
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Of sudden and strong impulses of Mind
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Insanity of the Affections or Passions
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Of the mental disease termed Hypochondriasis
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Of other forms of Hypochondriasis
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Of intermissions of Hypochondriasis and of its reme dies
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Further remarks on the remedies of Hypochondriasis
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Disordered action of the passion of Fear
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Other illustrations of the disordered action of this pas sion
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Perversions of the Benevolent Affection
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Other cases of perverted Benevolent Affections
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CHAPTER IX
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Of Accountability in connexion with this form of Dis ordered Conscience
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Further illustrations of congenital Moral Derangement
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Of Association in connexion with the Appetites
366
Casual Association in connexion with objects
372
DISORDERED ACTION OF THE WILL
381
Section Pags
388
Additional illustration of the preceding view
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