The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and General Literature, 20. köideLittle, Brown, 1886 |
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... complete indifference and complete absorption . If there be an excess of diffusion , effective attention will increase up to a certain point as concentration increases , but beyond that point will decrease if this intensification ...
... complete indifference and complete absorption . If there be an excess of diffusion , effective attention will increase up to a certain point as concentration increases , but beyond that point will decrease if this intensification ...
Page 76
... complete separation between the symbol and the ideas symbolized : the movements of the one are never entirely suspended till those of the other are com- plete . " Thus , " says Hume , " if , instead of saying , that in war the weaker ...
... complete separation between the symbol and the ideas symbolized : the movements of the one are never entirely suspended till those of the other are com- plete . " Thus , " says Hume , " if , instead of saying , that in war the weaker ...
Page 83
... complete experience of effectua- tion , for the simple reason that we cannot be two things at once . We are guided in piecing it together by the temporal and spatial relations of the things concerned . Hence , perhaps , some of the ...
... complete experience of effectua- tion , for the simple reason that we cannot be two things at once . We are guided in piecing it together by the temporal and spatial relations of the things concerned . Hence , perhaps , some of the ...
Page 85
... complete and competent handling of the various emotions and springs of action will be found in Bain , The Emotions and the Will ; Nahlowsky , Das Gefühlsleben , 2d ed . , 1884 , is also good . that in the moment of action we are free ...
... complete and competent handling of the various emotions and springs of action will be found in Bain , The Emotions and the Will ; Nahlowsky , Das Gefühlsleben , 2d ed . , 1884 , is also good . that in the moment of action we are free ...
Page 88
... complete the quadri- lateral ; in one case a diagonal , in the other one of the sides is a diameter of the circle . The relations thus obtained are equivalent to the fundamental formulæ of our trigonometry- sin ( A + B ) = sin A cos B + ...
... complete the quadri- lateral ; in one case a diagonal , in the other one of the sides is a diameter of the circle . The relations thus obtained are equivalent to the fundamental formulæ of our trigonometry- sin ( A + B ) = sin A cos B + ...
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