The subconscious self and its relation to education and health / by Louis Waldstein.

  • Louis Waldstein
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[1902]
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Credit: The subconscious self and its relation to education and health / by Louis Waldstein. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    class of impressions upon the other might be applied with advantage in the case of normal children as well. We have seen that the aesthetic pleasure derived from an art is dis- tinctly diminished by associating with it the more conscious thoughts of technique and purpose, and, in my opinion, the failures in teaching the blind by the usual methods are a conclusive proof of this assertion. It may be admitted, as indeed has been pointed out al- ready, that the perception of technical perfection may add to the amount of pleasure derived from contemplation of the work of art, but that will and must alter the original and be- neficent effect in that the conscious self is called into play to exert its critical functions. More striking still are those instances where impressions upon one sense instantly suggest subconscious images of another sense impres- sion. Such people, for instance, are never able to disassociate a gustatory impression from that of a certain scent, while others habitually con- nect the mental sensation of certain colors with
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