Instinct and reason, philosophically investigated : with a view to ascertain the principles of the science of education / by Thomas Jarrold, M.D.

  • Jarrold, T. (Thomas), 1770-1853.
Date:
1736 [i.e. 1836]
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Credit: Instinct and reason, philosophically investigated : with a view to ascertain the principles of the science of education / by Thomas Jarrold, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    In vain Philosophers have sought to discover in what way the elements of thought were directed, so as to be received by the understanding-; but an inves- tigation of the laws of the mind, not by an inquiry into their character, but into their operations, promise a higher reward. The first step towards which ap- pears to us to be a clear and distinct comprehen- sion of the absolute and characteristic difference that exists between Reason and Instinct, and which will from the first subject of inquiry.