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... sympathy ' , in opposition to mechanism ( 70 ) . Whytt made sympathy the basis of involuntary muscular movement and non - rational mental phenomena . The physiologists argued the degree to which sympathy is a necessary , mechanical ...
... sympathy ' , in opposition to mechanism ( 70 ) . Whytt made sympathy the basis of involuntary muscular movement and non - rational mental phenomena . The physiologists argued the degree to which sympathy is a necessary , mechanical ...
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... sympathy too . IV John Hunter's Treatise on the Blood ( 1794 ) , recording ideas the eminent anatomist - surgeon developed just after the mid- century , presents an elaborate scheme of sympathies , includ- ing those of the body and of ...
... sympathy too . IV John Hunter's Treatise on the Blood ( 1794 ) , recording ideas the eminent anatomist - surgeon developed just after the mid- century , presents an elaborate scheme of sympathies , includ- ing those of the body and of ...
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... sympathy where reason cannot control the passions , but mind nevertheless is essential to the working of sympathy . The imagination . empowers sympathy's good work , but the philosophers and physicians also developed theories about the ...
... sympathy where reason cannot control the passions , but mind nevertheless is essential to the working of sympathy . The imagination . empowers sympathy's good work , but the philosophers and physicians also developed theories about the ...
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Contributors | 7 |
Introduction | 15 |
Nature as Ethical Norm in the Enlightenment | 51 |
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