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Samuel Alexander Quotes

Both expectations and memories are more than mere images founded on previous experience Picture Quote #1

We cannot therefore say that mental acts contain a cognitive as well as a conative element Picture Quote #1

But unfortunately Locke treated ideas of reflection as if they were another class of objects of contemplation beside ideas of sensation Picture Quote #1

But though cognition is not an element of mental action, nor even in any real sense of the word an aspect of it, the distinction of cognition and conation has if properly defined a definite value Picture Quote #1

An expectation is a future object, recognised as belonging to me Picture Quote #1

Curiosity begins as an act of tearing to pieces or analysis Picture Quote #1

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The perceptive act is a reaction of the mind upon the object of which it is the perception Picture Quote #1

Psychology is the science of the act of experiencing, and deals with the whole system of such acts as they make up mental life Picture Quote #1

An object is not first imagined or thought about and then expected or willed, but in being actively expected it is imagined as future and in being willed it is thought Picture Quote #1

Desire then is the invasion of the whole self by the wish, which, as it invades, sets going more and more of the psychical processes; but at the same time, so long as it remains desire, does not succeed in getting possession of the self Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

When we come to images or memories or thoughts, speculation, while always closely related to practice, is more explicit, and it is in fact not immediately obvious that such processes can be described in any sense as practical Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

The thing of which the act of perception is the perception is experienced as something not mental Picture Quote #1

For psychological purposes the most important differences in conation are those in virtue of which the object is revealed as sensed or perceived or imaged or remembered or thought Picture Quote #1

The mental act of sensation which issues in reflex movement is so simple as to defy analysis Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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Such being the nature of mental life, the business of psychology is primarily to describe in detail the various forms which attention or conation assumes upon the different levels of that life Picture Quote #1

Mental life is indeed practical through and through. It begins in practice and it ends in practice Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

It is more difficult to designate this form of conation on its practical side by a satisfactory name Picture Quote #1

In the perception of a tree we can distinguish the act of experiencing, or perceiving, from the thing experienced, or perceived Picture Quote #1

Hence, in desiring, the more the enjoyment is delayed, the more fancy begins to weave about the object images of future fruition, and to clothe the desired object with properties calculated to inflame the impulse Picture Quote #1

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Both expectations and memories are more than mere images founded on previous experience (Samuel Alexander Quotes) We cannot therefore say that mental acts contain a cognitive as well as a conative element (Samuel Alexander Quotes) But unfortunately Locke treated ideas of reflection as if they were another class of objects of contemplation beside ideas of sensation (Samuel Alexander Quotes) But though cognition is not an element of mental action, nor even in any real sense of the word an aspect of it, the distinction of cognition and conation has if properly defined a definite value (Samuel Alexander Quotes) An expectation is a future object, recognised as belonging to me (Samuel Alexander Quotes) Curiosity begins as an act of tearing to pieces or analysis (Samuel Alexander Quotes) The perceptive act is a reaction of the mind upon the object of which it is the perception (Samuel Alexander Quotes) Psychology is the science of the act of experiencing, and deals with the whole system of such acts as they make up mental life (Samuel Alexander Quotes) An object is not first imagined or thought about and then expected or willed, but in being actively expected it is imagined as future and in being willed it is thought (Samuel Alexander Quotes) Desire then is the invasion of the whole self by the wish, which, as it invades, sets going more and more of the psychical processes; but at the same time, so long as it remains desire, does not succeed in getting possession of the self (Samuel Alexander Quotes) 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 (Samuel Alexander Quotes) When we come to images or memories or thoughts, speculation, while always closely related to practice, is more explicit, and it is in fact not immediately obvious that such processes can be described in any sense as practical (Samuel Alexander Quotes) 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 (Samuel Alexander Quotes) 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 (Samuel Alexander Quotes) The thing of which the act of perception is the perception is experienced as something not mental (Samuel Alexander Quotes) For psychological purposes the most important differences in conation are those in virtue of which the object is revealed as sensed or perceived or imaged or remembered or thought (Samuel Alexander Quotes) The mental act of sensation which issues in reflex movement is so simple as to defy analysis (Samuel Alexander Quotes) 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 (Samuel Alexander Quotes) Such being the nature of mental life, the business of psychology is primarily to describe in detail the various forms which attention or conation assumes upon the different levels of that life (Samuel Alexander Quotes) Mental life is indeed practical through and through. It begins in practice and it ends in practice (Samuel Alexander Quotes) 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 (Samuel Alexander Quotes) It is more difficult to designate this form of conation on its practical side by a satisfactory name (Samuel Alexander Quotes) In the perception of a tree we can distinguish the act of experiencing, or perceiving, from the thing experienced, or perceived (Samuel Alexander Quotes) Hence, in desiring, the more the enjoyment is delayed, the more fancy begins to weave about the object images of future fruition, and to clothe the desired object with properties calculated to inflame the impulse (Samuel Alexander Quotes)