M'Phun's catechism of phrenology; illustrative of the principles of that science / By a member of the Phrenological Society of Edinburgh [i.e. A. Combe].

  • Andrew Combe
Date:
1840
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Credit: M'Phun's catechism of phrenology; illustrative of the principles of that science / By a member of the Phrenological Society of Edinburgh [i.e. A. Combe]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ~], KNOWING AND REFLECTING FACULTIES. of its object with a vividness and accuracy propor- tioned to its strength. What is ConcEePtion ? It isa higher degree of activity of these faculties than Perception, by which objects not present are called into the mind. What is IMAGINATION ? . It is the highest degree of aetivity of the same facul- ties, and consists in an impassioned and vivid concep- tion of the objects belonging to these, in every variety of combination. Is there any material difference between Conception and Imagination ? - No. The only difference is, that “ the former is the cool and methodical representation of things absent to one’s self, or others; the latter is the zmpassioned re- presentation of the same things, and not merely in the forms and arrangements of nature, but in new eombina- tions formed by the mind itself” Imagination is commonly spoken of as being an at- tribute peculiar to the poet; is not this, from what you have just now said, an erroneous opinion ? Yes. Imagination may be manifested as powerfully in the mathematician, artist, or metaphysician as in the poet. What is Memory? é It is a particular mode of activity of the same facul- ties, and consists in recalling impressions into the mind in the order in which they occurred, with the know- ledge of these having there previously existed. _ Are there, then, as many different hinds of Memory __ as there are Knowing and Reflecting Faculties ? , oe oan
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