 Now, when a directly opposite state of mind is induced, there is a strong and involuntary tendency to the performance of movements of a directly opposite nature, though these are of no use; and such movements are in some cases highly expressive.  The Medical Times and Gazette - Page 641873Full view - About this book
 | Alexander Bain - Mind and body - 1855 - 758 pages
...Certain states of mind lead to habitual movements which were primarily, or may still be, of service ; when a directly opposite state of mind is induced,...involuntary tendency to the performance of movements of an opposite nature, though these have never been of any service.' Such is the principle of Antithesis.... | |
 | Charles Darwin - Emotions - 1872 - 404 pages
...certain habitual movements which were primarily, or may still be, of service ; and we shall find that when a directly opposite state of mind is induced,...movements of a directly opposite nature, though these have never been of any service. A few striking instances of antithesis will be given, when we treat... | |
 | English literature - 1873 - 778 pages
...certain habitual movements, which were primarily or may still be of service ; and we shall find that when a directly opposite state of mind is induced,...movements of a directly opposite nature, though these have never been of any service. * * " When a dog approaches a strange dog or man in a savage or hostile... | |
 | Anthony Trollope - 1873 - 766 pages
...certain habitual movements, which were primarily or may still be of service ; and we shall find that when a directly opposite state of mind is induced,...movements of a directly opposite nature, though these have never been of any service. * * "When a dog approaches a strange dog or man in a savage or hostile... | |
 | Edmund Burke - Books - 1873 - 688 pages
...Antithesis." Certain states of mind, according to the first principle, tend to certain habitual actions. Now, when a directly opposite state of mind is induced, there is a strong and involuntary tendency to perform movements of a directly opposite nature, although these are of no use. The third Principle... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1873 - 738 pages
...Antithesis." Certain states of mind, according to the first principle, tend to certain habitual actions. Now, when a directly opposite state of mind is induced, there is a strong and involuntary tendency to perform movements of a directly opposite nature, although these are of no use. The third Principle... | |
 | Graeme Mercer Adam, George Stewart - Humanities - 1873 - 594 pages
...states of the mind lead to certain habitual actions, which are of service, as under our first principle. Now when a directly opposite state of mind is induced, there is a strong and involuntary tendency o the performance of movements of a directly opposite nature, though these are of no use ; and such... | |
 | Henry Maudsley - Mind and body - 1877 - 620 pages
...state of mind to that expressed by certain habitual movements which were once or are still serviceable, there is a strong and involuntary tendency to the...movements of a directly opposite nature, though these may not be of the least use. Such movements are in some cases highly expressive. The third principle... | |
 | 1879 - 614 pages
...be performed, though they may not then be of the least use." The second principle arises because, " when a directly opposite state of mind is induced,...such movements are in some cases highly expressive." And the third principle occurs because, " when the sensorium is strongly excited, nerve-force is generated... | |
 | James Sully - Aesthetics - 1880 - 438 pages
...states of the mind lead to certain habitual actions, which are of service, as under our first principle. Now when a directly opposite state of mind is induced,...though these are of no use ; and such movements are in porne cases highly expressive." HI. " The principle of actions due to the constitution of the nervous... | |
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