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Introduction

The Problem of Existence . . 13

The Answer of Ancient Greece 14 The Mediaeval Answer . . .15

Other Answers.16

The Answer of Jesus . . .17

Modern Answers.19

GENERAL ANALYSIS OF HU¬ MAN NATURE .... 22

A Plan for the Analysis ... 23

The Analysis (facing pages 24

BODILY NATURE OF MAN.

A Complicated Machine . . 26

The Frame.27

Nutritive Apparatus ... 29

Digestive System.30

Circulatory System .... 30

Respiratory System .... 32

Nervous System . 34

Organs of Special Sense . . 39

Protective Organs .... 41

Analysis of Bodily Nature . 42

Observations.

Disease and Health .... 43

Physical Cultivation .... 44

Conclusion. 47

GENERAL ANALYSIS OF THE MIND.

Importance of Mental Science . 5 1

Present Purpose — Theories . 52

The Analysis.54

THE INTELLECT.

Analysis of the Intellect 63 to 66

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Intuition.

Personal Existence Confidence in our Senses Confidence in our Mental Proc

esses .

Personal Identity Adequate Causes ....

Uniformity of Nature Intuitive Conceptions Presentative Power, or the

Five Senses.

Sight and Hearing

Touch .

Taste and Smell ....

Distance.

Cultivation of the Senses False Perception ....

Observations.

Representation ....

Memory.

Recollection — Laws of Associ

ation.

Analysis of Representative Powe

Resemblance.

Contrast.

Nearness.

Cause and Effect

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CONTENTS,

Attention.

Lapse of Time.

Differences.

Repetition.

Relation to General Mental

Power.

Quick Learners . . . . ’.

Influence of Disease The Law Governing Forgetful¬ ness .

Memory in Animals

Aids to Memory ....

Cultivation of Memory

Imagination .

Excessive Imagination .

Cultivation of Imagination Highest Uses of Imagination .

REFLECTIVE POWER.

Our Chief Faculty ....

Classification.

Testimony.

Deductive Reasoning .

Inductive Reasoning Reasoning from Analogy .

Cultivation of Reflection How to Improve Power of

Thought .

The Use of Thinking .

Natural Methods of Reflection.

How to Think.

The Intellect—Kindred Top¬ ics .

Sleep — Dreams — Somnambu¬ lism .

Insanity.

Intelligence of Animals

THE SENSIBILITIES . . .

Analysis.

The Emotions.

Cheerfulness or Melancholy .

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Sorrow at the Loss of Friends .

Sympathy.

Self-Approval, or Disapproval

The Ludicrous.

Surprise .......

The Sublime and Beautiful Reverence.

THE AFFECTIONS.

Love of Husband and Wife Love of Kindred ....

Love of Friends.

Love of Benefactors

Love of Home and Country .

Hate.

Envy.

Jealousy.

Revenge .

THE DESIRES.

Animal Desires.

Rational Desires ....

Happiness ......

Desire of Knowledge Desire of Power ....

Desire of Money ....

Ambition or Desire of Superior¬ ity .

Desire of Society ....

Desire of Esteem ....

Hope and Fear.

Observations.

The Part it Plays in Business .

The Inner Life . . .

The Answer.

Esteem and Self-Approval .

Self-Deception.

Man’s Motives.

THE WILL.

First Thoughts.

Habit..

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