Samuel Alexander Quotes

Samuel Alexander Quotes

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Quotes of Samuel Alexander
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It May Be Added, To Prevent Misunderstanding, That When I Speak Of Contemplated Objects In This Last Phrase As Objects Of Contemplation, The Act Of Contemplation Itself Is Of Course An Enjoyment.
The Sensory Acts Are Accordingly Distinguished By Their Objects.
The Interval Between A Cold Expectation And A Warm Desire May Be Filled By Expectations Of Varying Degrees Of Warmth Or By Desires Of Varying Degrees Of Coldness.
... When Demand Is Being Destroyed By Expensive Oil Just As Expensive Oil Is Incentivising Increased Production - It Should Come As No Surprise That At Some Point The Markets Would React.
You Can Mark In Desire The Rising Of The Tide, As The Appetite More And More Invades The Personality, Appealing, As It Does, Not Merely To The Sensory Side Of The Self, But To Its Ideal Components As Well.
What Is The Meaning Of The Togetherness Of The Perceiving Mind, In That Peculiar Modification Of Perceiving Which Makes It Perceive Not A Star But A Tree, And The Tree Itself, Is A Problem For Philosophy
Thus The Same Object May Supply A Practical Perception To One Person And A Speculative One To Another, Or The Same Person May Perceive It Partly Practically And Partly Speculatively.
The Thing Of Which The Act Of Perception Is The Perception Is Experienced As Something Not Mental.
But Unfortunately Locke Treated Ideas Of Reflection As If They Were Another Class Of Objects Of Contemplation Beside Ideas Of Sensation.
It Is More Difficult To Designate This Form Of Conation On Its Practical Side By A Satisfactory Name.
The Mental Act Of Sensation Which Issues In Reflex Movement Is So Simple As To Defy Analysis.
We Cannot Therefore Say That Mental Acts Contain A Cognitive As Well As A Conative Element.
  • Born: January 6, 1859
  • Died: September 13, 1938
  • Occupation: Philosopher