Remarks on the influence of mental cultivation and mental excitement upon health / [Amariah Brigham].
- Amariah Brigham
- Date:
- 1844
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Remarks on the influence of mental cultivation and mental excitement upon health / [Amariah Brigham]. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![lilt SECTION VI. REMARKS ON MORAL EDUCATION—INFLDENCE OF EXAMPLE. The remarks which I have made respecting the dan- ger of too early cultivating the intellectual faculties, do not fully apply to the development of the moral qualities; though, in regard to them, some caution is necessary; for danger is to be ap])reheuded from strongly exciting the feelings of children and awaken- ing their passions. In endeavouring to call forth and cultivate those moral qualities which are good, and to suppress the bad, we should constantly keep in mind, that the brain is not only the seat of the intel- lectual faculties, but is also the agent by which the passions, the affections, and all the moral qualities, are manifested. That this is true, is shown in the same way as I have proved that the brain is the material organ of the mind. Insanity alone furnishes abundant proof. This disease of the brain as often deranges the moral as the intellectual faculties. Some insane persons are remarkable for great irascibility, others for pride, courage, hatred, &c., while others are affection-](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b22026514_0110.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
