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moral constitution of man . Here , however , they are classed with circulation and secretion . The intellectual faculties are no less strangely defined . " Q . What is Attention then ? " A . Attention is the effect of the entity se \ f aroused by the active state of the affective and intellectual faculties .
its strength is proportioned to the degree of energy of the acting powers , that is , of the powers which attend . —Attention is synonymous With activity , and certain success is impossible without activity of the respective faculties . *'—P . 58 . What becomes of the science of Political Economy if the following be correct ?
** Q . Has the word Theft the same meaning in the civil as in the natural code ? ' A . Natural Morality declares many actions to be Thefts which are permitted by civil Jaws . Every one , according to
the first , deserves the name of Thief who does not love his neighbour as himself ; he % for instance , who amasses wealth by means of the industry of others . In the eye of civil laws , however , he only is a Thief who takes , by force or fraud , aught that , agreeably to the law , belongs to another /'—R . 143 .
Dr . Spurzheim declares that " Natural Laws are inherent in beings , often evident , always demonstrable , universal , invariable , and harmonious . " We are obliged to confess , however , that some of his laws are far from being evident to us , and seem to require demonstration from himself ; without which we can gain no insight iDto their existence . Let us try another instance of the harmony of the Moral Laws . V Q . What are the virtues and the vices of Self-esteem 2
" A * True dignity and nobleness of character depend in part on Self-esteem , and the faculty is virtuously employed in the production of such an effect , &c , &c ** Q . What is the signification of the word Humility ? " A * It is synonymous with the inaction ofSelf ~ esteen }» Humility , to be a virtue , must result from the struggle between Self-esteem and the moral sentiments *
and the victory of the latter . Humility ia also occasionally used to signify activity in the sentiment of Respectfulness . " It £ oUowh , therefore , that Humility and true nobleness of character are incompatible ! Again , " Q 9 Is Man's ignorance great ? " A . It * is exceedingly great . The most common and necessary things are
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totally unknown to the bulk of man . kind . * . Why is man ' s ignorance so great ? 14 The cause lies in the generally small size of the organs of his intellectual faculties . This is also the reason
why study is so commonly irksome and distasteful . Moreover , the civil , aud especially the religious , governors of nations , bare frequently opposed every sort of obstacle to the cultivation of Intellect and the diffusion of Knowledge . " —P . J 57 .
The plain truths which in a work of this kind are unavoidably stated , are , however , made as little intelligible as possible by a mode of expression which cannot be excused on the ground that the volume is a translation from the French . We should be inclined to pass upon it the judgment which Professor Blumenbach is reported to have expressed of the science of Phrenology" There is much in it that is new ; and much that is true . But that which is new is not true , and that which is true is not new . "
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Art . III , ~* v 4- Manual of the Phyefaiogy of the Mind , comprehending the First Princi ples of Physical Theology . By John Fearn , E&q . London . Longman and Co . 1829 . 8 vo . pp . 244 . The title of this work appears to us to be unfortunately chosen . It is only reasonable to expect that a Manual should at least be intelligible : and , further , it will scarcely answer the purpose desigaed if the doctrines it holds forth are not
only novel , but startling or ridiculous ; or if new principles are proposed to account for facts which may be clearly explained on principles already established . As it is injurious to pass censure without adducing proof , we extract a passage which , in the author ' s opinion , contains a fact equally new , important and interesting . The emphatic words are marked by himself .
" The primary Phenomena of Vision , —that is to say , our Sensations of Colours together with their Interlimitationb , —possess an office in the Human Mind far more comprehensive than that of their character in being the General Facts of our Immediate Visual Perception : for , in addition to this last-mentioned character , they are the General Facts that are Formative of the Indices , or Envelops , of all our Thoughts whatever , with some special and very limited
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786 Critical Notices .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1829, page 786, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2578/page/42/
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