 | George Combe - 1830 - 738 pages
...philosophers in regard to the functions of the senses, have been whimsical, extravagant, and contradictory. Since the time of BACON and LOCKE, the greater number of philosophical systems rest on the axiom of ARISTOTLE, that all ideas come into the mind by means of the external senses. According... | |
 | Johann Gaspar Spurzheim - Phrenology - 1832 - 134 pages
...perceptive faculties, and reflective powers. GENUS I.—External Senses. Generalities. Since the time of Locke the greater number of philosophical systems rest upon the axiom of Aristotle, that the first notions come into the mind by means of the external senses. According to this hypothesis,... | |
 | Johann Gaspar Spurzheim - Phrenology - 1832 - 124 pages
...faculties, and reflective poivers. GENUS I.—External Senses. Generalities. • Since the time of Locke the greater number of philosophical systems rest upon the axiom of Aristotle, that the first notions come into the mind by means of the external senses. According to this hypothesis,... | |
 | Johann Gaspar Spurzheim - Phrenology - 1833 - 390 pages
...do not remember that the affective powers have ever been derived from the external senses ; but this is not the case in respect to the intellectual faculties....systems rest upon the axiom of Aristotle, that all ideas of the mind begin with impressions furnished by means of the external senses. Dr. T. Brown says,* '... | |
 | George Combe - Phrenology - 1837 - 740 pages
...philosophers in regard to the functions of the senses, have been whimsical, extravagant, and contradictory. Since the time of Bacon and Locke, the greater number of philosophical systems rest on the axiom of Aristoue, that all ideas come into die mind by means of the external senses. According... | |
 | George Combe - Phrenology - 1838 - 736 pages
...philosophers in regard to the functions of the senses, have been whimsical, extravagant, and contradictory. Since the time of Bacon and Locke, the greater number of philosophical systems rest on the axiom of Aristotle, that all ideas come into the mind by means of the external senses. According... | |
 | George Combe - Phrenology - 1842 - 524 pages
...gives admirable treatises on the senses ; of which I shall avail myself largely in the following pages. Since the time of Bacon and Locke, the greater number of philosophical systems rest on the axiom of Aristotle, that all ideas come into the mind by means of the external senses. According... | |
 | David George Goyder - Phrenologists - 1857 - 652 pages
...and their physical qualities and relations are acquired. GENUS I. EXTEBNAL SENSES. Since the time of Locke, the greater number of philosophical systems rest upon the axiom of Aristotle. According to this hypothesis, the perfection of the mental functions depends on the perfection of the... | |
 | George Combe - Phrenology - 1860 - 552 pages
...the functions of the senses have, in many instances, been whimsical, extravagant, and contradictory. Since the time of Bacon and Locke, the greater number of philosophical systems rest on the axiom of Aristotle, that all ideas come into the mind by means of the external senses. According... | |
 | Early English newspapers - 1888 - 640 pages
...country into his English dominions. EDWARD WALFORD. SCIENCE NOTES. - THE SENSES AND THE INTELLECT. ‘HE axiom of Aristotle, that all ideas enter the mind by means of the external senses, has been exaggerated into the assumption that intellectual power is proportionate to the perfection... | |
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is not the case in respect to the intellectual faculties. According to many ancient philosophers all ideas are innate, and are only excited by the external senses. Since the time of Bacon and Locke, the greater number of philosophical systems rest upon... 
