Elements of Mental Philosophy, Embracing the Two Departments of the Intellect and the Sensibilities, Volumen2

Thomas Cogswell Upham

Harper & brothers., 1856

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Grounds or occasions of emotions of beauty various	38

Illustrations of the foregoing statement	39

Of the objects in general which excite emotions of beauty	40

All objects not equally fitted to cause these emotions	42

A susceptibility of emotions of beauty an ultimate principle of our mental constitution	43

Remarks on the beauty of forms The circle	44

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Of an exception to the foregoing statement	113

The desires characterized by comparative fixedness and perma nency	114

Desires always imply an object desired	115

The fulfilment of desires attended with enjoyment	116

Tendency to excite movement an attribute of desire	117

Classification of this part of the sensibilities	118

Original or intrinsic beauty The circle	45

Of the beauty of straight and angular forms	46

Of square pyramidal and triangular forms	48

The variety of the sources of that beauty which is founded on forms illustrated from the different styles of architecture	49

Of the original or intrinsic beauty of colours	50

Further illustrations of the original beauty of colours	52

Of sounds considered as a source of beauty	54

Illustrations of the original beauty of sounds	55

Further instances of the original beauty of sounds	58

The permanency of musical power dependant on its being intrinsic	59

Of motion as an element of beauty	60

Explanations of the beauty of motion from Kaimes 38 Of intellectual and moral objects as a source of the beautiful	61

Of a distinct sense or faculty of beauty	63

ASSOCIATED BEAUTY	64

Objects may become beautiful by association merely	65

Further illustrations of associated feelings	66

Instances of national associations	68

The sources of associated beauty coincident with those of human happiness	69

Of fitness considered as an element of associated beauty	70

Of utility as an element of associated beauty	71

Of proportion as an element of associated beauty	72

Relations of emotions of beauty to the fine arts	73

Differences of original susceptibility of this emotion	74

Objection to the doctrine of original beauty	75

Summary of views in regard to the beautiful	76

Of picturesque beauty	77

EMOTIONS OF SUBLIMITY 53 Connexion between beauty and sublimity	78

The occasions of the emotions of sublimity various	79

Great extent or expansion an occasion of sublimity 56 Great height an element or occasion of sublimity	80

Of depth in connexion with the sublime	81

Of colours in connexion with the sublime	82

Of sounds as furnishing an occasion of sublime emotions	83

Of motion in connexion with the sublime 61 Indications of power accompanied by emotions of the sublime	84

Of moral worth in connexion with sublimity	85

Sublime objects have some elements of beauty	86

Emotions of grandeur 65 Of the original or primary sublimity of objects	87

Considerations in proof of the original sublimity of objects	88

Influence of association on emotions of sublimity	89

Further illustrations of sublimity from association	90

NATURE OF INTELLECTUAL TASTE 69 Definition of taste and some of its characteristics	91

Distinguishable from mere quickness of feeling or sensibility	92

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PART FIRST NATURAL OR PATHEMATIC SENSIBILITIES NATURAL OR PATHEMATIC SENTIMENTS CLASS SECOND THE DESIRES	109

The principles based upon desire susceptible of a twofold opera tion	119

Of the nature of the instincts of brute animals	120

Instincts susceptible of slight modifications	122

Instances of instincts in the human mind	123

Further instances of instincts in men	125

Of the final cause or use of instincts	126

Of the general nature and characteristics of the appetites	127

Of the twofold action of the principie of selfpreservation	133

We have a knowledge of emotions by consciousness	134

Remarks on the subject of emulation	140

Of the desire of esteem as a rule of conduct	145

Characteristics of emotions of beauty	147

Veracity or the propensity to utter the truth	151

PROPENSITIES CONTINUED SOCIALITY OR THE DESIRE	157

The same shown from the facts of later life	163

Other instances in illustration of the same subject	169

Illustrations of the filial affection	194

Of the affection of pity or sympathy	205

The objection drawn from wars further considered	211

THE BENEVOLENT AFFECTIONS LOVE TO THE SUPREME	220

The absence of this principle attended with an excessive and sin	226

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Objection to these views in respect to habit	238

PART SECOND	245

Proofs of a moral nature from the terms used in different languages	251

Evidences of a moral nature even among Savage nations	258

Secon	261

EMOTIONS OF MORAL APPROVAL AND DISAPPROVAL	264

Emotions of moral approval are called forth in connexion with	271

Of guilt when a person acts conscientiously	278

Of the moral beauty of the character of the Supreme Being	284

Other instances of the sublimity of justice	290

EXISTENCE OF OBLIGATORY FEELINGS	297

Of their authoritative and enforcing nature	303

UNIFORMITY OF ACTION IN THE MORAL SENSIBILITIES	308

Additional illustration of the same view of the subject	314

Illustration of the principle of the preceding section	320

Illustration of the fact that there are the remains of conscientious	326

The immutability of moral distinctions supported by the views	332

The immutability of moral distinctions thirdly from the opera	340

Shown in the fifth place from the deportment and conduct	344

Of the proofs of this doctrine from the appeals which are made	351

Of the discouragements attending a process of moral instruction	357

Further views on the influence of moral habits	363

DISORDERED AND ALIENATED ACTION OF THE APPETITES	369

Further remarks on the disordered action of the social propensity	377

Of sympathetic imitation in large multitudes	384

Practical results connected with the foregoing views	390

Section	392

Disordered action of the passion of fear	399

Frequency of casual associations and some instances of them	407

Casual association in connexion with objects and places	413

ORAL SIGNS OR SPEECH	431

CHARACTERISTICS OF LANGUAGES	446

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Título	Elements of Mental Philosophy, Embracing the Two Departments of the Intellect and the Sensibilities, Volumen2 Elements of Mental Philosophy, Embracing the Two Departments of the Intellect and the Sensibilities, Thomas Cogswell Upham
Autor	Thomas Cogswell Upham
Editor	Harper & brothers., 1856
Procedencia del original	Universidad de Michigan
Digitalizado	21 Mar 2005

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