Lectures on the Philosophy of the Human Mind, Volume 1John Grigg, 1824 - Philosophy This book presents a collection of lectures from Thomas Brown on the philosophy of the human mind. The lectures relate to the duties, and the hopes, and the great destiny of man, and which, even in analyzing the powers of his understanding, and tracing all the various modifications of which it is individually susceptible, views it chiefly as a general instrument of good.--(PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2008 APA, all rights reserved). |
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