The development of the meaning attaching to the personal self, the conscious being, is the subject matter of the history of psychology.

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The dualism itself becomes a sort of presupposition or datum; its terms condition the further...

The dualism itself becomes a sort of presupposition or datum; its terms condition the further...

The prehistorical and primitive period represents the true infancy of the mind.

The prehistorical and primitive period represents the true infancy of the mind.

Feeling is the consciousness of the resulting conditions - of success, failure, equilibrium, compromise or...

Feeling is the consciousness of the resulting conditions - of success, failure, equilibrium, compromise or...

The fact that tradition hinders the individual savage from thinking logically by no means proves...

The fact that tradition hinders the individual savage from thinking logically by no means proves...

The reason of the close concurrence between the individual's progress and that of the race...

The reason of the close concurrence between the individual's progress and that of the race...

All along we find that social life - religion, politics, art - reflects the stages...

All along we find that social life - religion, politics, art - reflects the stages...

Psychology more than any other science has had its pseudo-scientific no less than its scientific...

Psychology more than any other science has had its pseudo-scientific no less than its scientific...

Plato stands for the union of truth and goodness in the supreme idea of God.

Plato stands for the union of truth and goodness in the supreme idea of God.

In Socrates' thought the two marks of individual self-consciousness appear; it is practical and it...

In Socrates' thought the two marks of individual self-consciousness appear; it is practical and it...

Pythagoras took the next important step by subordinating the mere matter of nature to its...

Pythagoras took the next important step by subordinating the mere matter of nature to its...

Like all science, psychology is knowledge; and like science again, it is knowledge of a...

Like all science, psychology is knowledge; and like science again, it is knowledge of a...

In the first place, Descartes stands for the most explicit and uncompromising dualism between mind...

In the first place, Descartes stands for the most explicit and uncompromising dualism between mind...

In conclusion we may say, in view of the confirmation that our study has given...

In conclusion we may say, in view of the confirmation that our study has given...