“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.Quote by Samuel AlexanderTopics: Quotes about Samuel AlexanderShare on:FacebookPinterestWhatsApp
Mental life is indeed practical through and through. It begins in practice and it ends...#Samuel Alexander
Both expectations and memories are more than mere images founded on previous experience.#Expectations
It may be added, to prevent misunderstanding, that when I speak of contemplated objects in...#Samuel Alexander
But unfortunately Locke treated ideas of reflection as if they were another class of objects...#Contemplation
Thus the same object may supply a practical perception to one person and a speculative...#Samuel Alexander
It is convenient to distinguish the two kinds of experience which have thus been described,...#Samuel Alexander
When we come to images or memories or thoughts, speculation, while always closely related to...#Samuel Alexander
