 Man loses his instincts as he ceases to want them. His senses become fainter when, as in the case of scent, they become useless. Thus the creative faculty which gave to each conception, as it thrilled for the first time through the brain, a phonetic expression,...  Chapters on Language - Page 96by Frederic William Farrar - 1865 - 308 pagesFull view - About this book
 | New Church gen. confer - 1862 - 606 pages
...ceases to want them. His senses become fainter when, as in the ease of scent, they become useless. Thus the creative faculty which gave to each conception,...first time through the brain, a phonetic expression, became extinct when its object was fulfilled." (pp. 369, 370, 371.) Passing by for the moment the question... | |
 | 1862 - 822 pages
...ceases to want them. His senses become fainter, when, as in the case of scent, they become useless. Thus the creative faculty which gave to each conception,...first time through the brain, a phonetic expression, became extinct when its object was fulfilled. The number of these phonetic types must have been almost... | |
 | Samuel Bailey - 1855 - 846 pages
...creative faculty which man possessed at that period, but which was speedily lost.* This creative faculty "gave to each conception, as it thrilled for the first time through the brain, a phonetic expression," and " became extinct when its object was fulfilled, "f Never surely was a philosophical hypothesis... | |
 | Friedrich Max Müller - 1861 - 422 pages
...ceases to want them. His senses become fainter when, as in the case of scent, they become useless. Thus the creative faculty which gave to each conception,...first time through the brain, a phonetic expression, became extinct when its object was fulfilled. The number of these phonetic types must have been almost... | |
 | 1862 - 926 pages
...instinct, it belongs to the realm of nature. Man loses his instincts as he ceases to want them. Thus the creative faculty, which gave to each conception,...first time through the brain, a phonetic expression, became instinct when its object was fulfilled. Midler's theory is, doubtless, preferable to the imitation... | |
 | 1862 - 562 pages
...ceases to want them. His senses become fainter when, as in the case of scent, they become useless. Thus the creative faculty which gave to each conception,...first time through the brain, a phonetic expression, became extinct when its object was fulfilled." Having thus stopped the supply, the author next proceeds... | |
 | 1862 - 934 pages
...instinct, it belongs to the realm of nature. Man loses his instincts as he ceases to want them. Thus the creative faculty, which gave to each conception,...first time through the brain, a phonetic expression, became instinct when its object was fulfilled. Muller's theory is, doubtless, preferable to the imitation... | |
 | 1862 - 920 pages
...instinct, it belongs to the realm of nature. Man loses his instincts as he ceases to want them. Thus the creative faculty, which gave to each conception,...first time through the brain, a phonetic expression, became instinct when its object was fulfilled. Miiller's theory is, doubtless, preferable to the imitation... | |
 | Friedrich Max Müller - 1862 - 454 pages
...to want them. His senses become faints er when, as in the case of scent, they become useless. Thus the creative faculty which gave to each conception,...first time through the brain, a phonetic expression, became extinct when its object was fulfilled. The number of these phonetic types must have been almost... | |
 | 1862 - 1092 pages
...ceases to want them. His senses become fainter, when, as in the case of scent, they become useless. Thus the creative faculty which gave to each conception,...first time through the brain, a phonetic expression, became extinct when its object was fulfilled. The number of these phonetic types must have been almost... | |
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