Hygiene of nerves & mind in health and disease / August Forel ; translated from the German by Austin Aikins.

  • Auguste Forel
Date:
1907
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Credit: Hygiene of nerves & mind in health and disease / August Forel ; translated from the German by Austin Aikins. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ings that it is scarcely possible to think without it. The abstract idea four, for example, is tied up with the written or spoken word four, as well as with the arithmetical symbol 4. According to what has been said, every language whatever, whether of sounds, writing, or symbols? has two sides; speaking [or expression of any sort], and understanding. a. Speaking [or eoopressing the thought'\. This can be divided into three psychological phases or periods: (1) preparation, (2) diction, (3) articulation. The preparation for speech is simply the disposi- tion or association of the ideas which one wishes to express. To this we need not recur. The diction. By this I mean the particular sym- bols of speech in our minds—the selection of the coins of thought. Before we can express ourselves either verbally or in writing we must choose words and constructions in our brain from the supply that we already possess. But the words and sentences themselves consist of memory-images of the sounds or written characters which we have perceived by hear- ing or sight. It is obviously easier to pronounce or write the three letters of the word dog than to imagine before us all the dogs we have ever seen or heard; and from that we can see how much language simplifies thought. But if we are to express our thoughts it is absolutely necessary for them to arouse a representation of the motor impulse which is necessary for the production of the spoken or
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