A philosophical essay on man: Being an attempt to investigate the principles and laws of the reciprocal influence of the soul on the body. ... [pt.1]
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- A philosophical essay on man: Being an attempt to investigate the principles and laws of the reciprocal influence of the soul on the body. ... [pt.1]
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- Marat, Jean Paul, 1743-1793.
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- London :: printed for J. Ridley; and T. Payne,
- 1773.
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Contents
- title page
- TO THE READER.
- ERRATA.
- PREFACE.
- INTRODUCTION.
- THE CONTENTS.
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BOOK I.
- OF THE HUMAN BODY.
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Of the
SOLIDS. -
Of the
FLUIDS. -
SECTION I.
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Of the Body, considered as the general Organ of
SENSE andMOTION. -
Of the Seat of the
SOUL. -
Of the Structure of the
NERVES. -
Of the Union of the
SOUL andBODY. -
Farther Observations on the Origin and Structure of the
NERVES. - In what manner the Soul acts on the Fluid of the Nerves, and the Fluid of the Nerves on the Soul.
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Of the NERVOUS FLUID. -
New Observations on the Structure of the
NERVES. -
Of the Connection of the
NERVOUS PARTS. - Particular Observations on the Influx of the nervous Fluid into the Organs of Motion.
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Necessity of the arterial
BLOOD toMO∣TION. -
Of the different Motions of the
BODY. -
Of the organic Elasticity of the
FIBRES. -
Of the
ORGANS ofMOTION, considered relatively to their different Degrees of primitive Elasticity. -
Of the different Degrees of the organic Elas∣ticity of the
FIBRES. -
The Organs of
SENSE, considered with re∣gard to their different Degrees of Sensibility.
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Of the Body, considered as the general Organ of
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BOOK II.
- A TREATISE ON THE HUMAN SOUL.
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Of the Faculties of the
SOUL. -
Of INNATE SENTIMENTS. -
A Refutation of the Opinion of Philosophers concerning
PITY. -
Of SENSIBILITY. -
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Of the UNDERSTANDING. -
Of the FORMATIONof our IDEAS. -
Of MEMORY. -
Of REMEMBRANCEand RECOLLECTION. -
Of the
WILL. -
Origin of the different Sentiments of the
SOUL. -
Of the
PASSIONS in particular. -
Refutation of a Sophism of
HELVETIUS. -
Of comparative Force of the
PASSIONS of theSENSES andMIND. -
Of the Unfolding of the Powers of the
SOUL. -
Of the Exercise of the Powers of the
SOUL. -
Of the Exercise of
SENSIBILITY. -
Of the Exercise of the
UNDERSTANDING. -
Natural Succession of the
THOUGHTS. -
In what Manner
THOUGHT becomesREA∣SON orIMAGINATION. -
Farther Observations on the Exercise of the
UNDERSTANDING. -
Of regular
THOUGHT, considered relatively to the Degrees of Attention it requires. -
Of PENETRATION, STUPIDITY, SAGA∣CITY,and DULNESS. -
Some singular Phenomena explained, con∣cerning the Effects of the Passions on the
UNDERSTANDING. -
Of the Exercise of the
MEMORY. -
Of the Exercise of the
WILL. -
Particular
OBSERVATIONS on theSENSATIONS. -
Of the Force of the
PASSIONS. -
Of the Combination of the
PASSIONS. -
Of the Duration of the
PASSIONS. -
Of the Life of the
SOUL. -
Absurd Opinion of Philosophers on the Force of the
SOUL. -
A right Judgment of the Force of the
SOUL. -
Of the feigned Force of the
SOUL.