Word: man
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Dates: during 1870-1879
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...practical use to us, - through its manifestations in connection with body. By basing his philosophy on accurate analyses of the mind and body, he has done much toward the establishment of truth for the sake of the benefit which may be derived from it, inasmuch as the study of man as a thinking, acting being must be more definite and satisfactory than the study of that which thinks. Availing himself of the present advanced state of all branches of science, he has brought to his aid facts of mental physiology of which former philosophers were ignorant, and which...
...claim to some better motives than these. We should be unwilling to believe that all actions are induced by the wish to obtain pleasure or to get rid of pain, and that a feeling of right or duty was never considered in men's actions. There is in every man's nature something which calls for higher springs of action and exerts a more powerful influence than mere pleasure or pain; and to account for these as Mr. Bain does is to annihilate all sense of obligation, and to appeal to the sensualistic feelings which we have in common with...
Contending man to man...
...Each man would rather die than yield...
...student's idea that his instructor is not a student like himself, only at an advanced stage, as to the attitude of his instructor toward him. He reminded us that we are too likely to think that by laying aside for the time being his position as professor, a man must sacrifice in some degree his dignity, and that the manner in which a student approaches his instructor often hinders a congenial feeling. He thought he fairly represented the Faculty in saying that it was their wish that we might meet, not to decide the marks to be given...