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Woman physiologically considered as to mind, morals, marriage, matrimonial slavery, infidelity and divorce / By Alexander Walker.
- Alexander Walker
- Date:
- 1840
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Woman physiologically considered as to mind, morals, marriage, matrimonial slavery, infidelity and divorce / By Alexander Walker. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![CONTENTS. PART I.—MIND, p. 1. KNowLepGe of mind an essential preliminary.—Nature of mind.—The brain, its organ, not a material condition merely.-—Size of the brain in woman less than in man.—This for the first time proved by examining twins at an early period, and by the de- velopment of the brain differing with difference of sex.—Cantion in such examinations.—The organs of sense and observing facul- ties larger in woman.—Her sensibility excessive-—Her reasoning faculties smal].—Instinct her compensation for this.— First species of instinct.—Its first variety; the infant’s sucking explained.— Its second variety; the duckling and Galen’s kid explained.— Mr. Mayo’s mistakes as to instinct.—Second species of instinct.— Many conscious and voluntary actions even of man become instinc- tive.—Third species of instinct; acquired and communicated to progeny.—TInstinctive faculties increase with the organs of sense and the vital system.—These faculties therefore predominate in woman.—All her other faculties either created or modified by these, and therefore receiving its essential character.—They ac- cordingly can never rise above this instinctive influence.—All her actions. more or less instinctive.—Hence her rapid tact, decision, &c.—Error of Mrs. Wolstonecraft as to reason in woman.—Absurd conclusions of mankind, from this predominance of instinct imperfectly observed.—Relative vaiue of instinct and reason.—Intellectual faculties of woman.—Her ideas, emotions and passions.— Her imagination.—Superstition.—Her volition.— Power of attention.—Muscular power.—Her reasoning.—Inca- pacity to generalize, to form trains of ideas, to judge.—Want of 7,2](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b33096235_0001_0019.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
