Phrenology, or the doctrine of the mind : and of the relations between its manifestations and the body.
- Johann Spurzheim
- Date:
- 1825
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Phrenology, or the doctrine of the mind : and of the relations between its manifestations and the body. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![VI I* REF ACE. the mind. Jlence 1 had to choose betwixt speaking by clrcum- lociition and adopting new names. Now I think with Locke, that we have still tlie same riglits as our predecessors, and I tliere- fore ])ro])ose new single names, formed, as much as possible, in conformity with the spirit of the language. Having established ditferent propensities as peculiar faculties of the mind, in order to designate propensity, I have taken the termination -i v e, which shows the quality of producing, and -ness, wliich indicates the abstract state ; iveness is therefore joined to different roots, the preference being always given to English words generally admitted ; but when such were not to be found, to Latin par¬ ticiples, so commonly used in English to express meanings similar to those I was in search of, as destructiveness, ])ro- ductiveness, &c. The termination -ous indicates a sentiment, as anxious, cautious, pious, conscientious, &c.; and I should have been very glad to have found similar adjectives for every primitive senti¬ ment of the mind. When they occurred, I have added -ness in order to express the abstract state, as cautiousness, con¬ scientiousness, marvellousness. The names of the intellectual faculties are easily understood, and do not require particular explanation. If, under any head of this nomenclature, there be a better name than I employ, or one which indicates more e actly any determinate faculty, but no determinate action or e ect of the faculty, I shall be glad to use it; for I am always disposed to acknowledge truth and every real improvement. The reader will, I trust, excuse any German ms or Galli¬ cisms which occur, and which may have escape my friend Mr. R. Willis, of London, since it is by no means easy to give an idiomatic turn to the expressions of a foreigner. Nevertheless, I thankfully acknowledge his kindness in evising my nianu- sciipL and in overseeing the correction of the press. Loiido}!^ '3rfJ of iS25.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b2929597x_0014.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
