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Page 520
The imagination is that power of the mind , whereby it can have a conception , or idea , of external things , or objects of the outward senses , when those things are not present , and therefore not perceived by the senses .
The imagination is that power of the mind , whereby it can have a conception , or idea , of external things , or objects of the outward senses , when those things are not present , and therefore not perceived by the senses .
Page 521
They are merely ideas of external objects , of the outward sensitive kind ; the same sort of sensations of mind ( differing not in degree , but only in circumstances ) that we have by those natural principles which are common to us with ...
They are merely ideas of external objects , of the outward sensitive kind ; the same sort of sensations of mind ( differing not in degree , but only in circumstances ) that we have by those natural principles which are common to us with ...
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Its power of affecting the mind by pure suggestion , and employing , instead of a visible or tangible imitation , arbitrary symbols , as unlike as possible to the things with which it deals , is what distinguishes this from its two ...
Its power of affecting the mind by pure suggestion , and employing , instead of a visible or tangible imitation , arbitrary symbols , as unlike as possible to the things with which it deals , is what distinguishes this from its two ...
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Colonial and Federalist American Writing Odyssey surveys of American writing |
| Authors | George F. Horner, Robert A. Bain |
| Editors | George F. Horner, Robert A. Bain |
| Publisher | Odyssey Press, 1966 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 28 Feb 2008 |
| Length | 946 pages |
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