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<p>1819 May 6.</p> | |||
<head>Deontology private</head> | |||
<note>II Practical<lb/> | |||
Prudence purely self-regarding.</note> | |||
<p>1</p> | |||
<note>Ch: 1 Self regarding</note> | |||
<p>§1—. Of the command which the mind has over the thoughts.</p> | |||
<p>Instructions for the management of the thoughts suppose<lb/> | |||
the existence of this sort of command to a certain degree<lb/> | |||
in general it supposes the absence of any considerable strong<lb/> | |||
excitement from other causes — case of the malefactor<lb/> | |||
who possessed this command in such a degree as to empower<lb/> | |||
him to <sic>indure</sic> the most excruciating torments —<lb/> | |||
when an idea or set of ideas already in possession of the<lb/> | |||
mind the mind can in a direct way keep them there<lb/> | |||
It can not however in any such way keep an idea out<lb/> | |||
of the mind — it may keep itself full but it can<lb/> | |||
not keep itself empty — on getting rid of an idea it has<lb/> | |||
no <add>continually</add> effectual means but by turning aside from one idea<lb/> | |||
and calling in and attaching itself to some other — when<lb/> | |||
the ideas thus dealt with are arguments in the opposite<lb/> | |||
sides of a controverted question the process thus<lb/> | |||
carried on is the self deceptive process — the mind fixes<lb/> | |||
its attention upon the arguments on one side keeping<lb/> | |||
it carefully turned aside from all the arguments on the<lb/> | |||
other side — In this way there is no proposition so absurd<lb/> | |||
but a man may in some sort keep himself tolerably<lb/> | |||
persuaded of the truth of it— this by fear and hope, but<lb/> | |||
particularly by fear as being the stronger passion that<lb/> | |||
the command thus exercised over the mind is obtained</p> | |||
1819 May 6.
Deontology private
II Practical
Prudence purely self-regarding.
1
Ch: 1 Self regarding
§1—. Of the command which the mind has over the thoughts.
Instructions for the management of the thoughts suppose
the existence of this sort of command to a certain degree
in general it supposes the absence of any considerable strong
excitement from other causes — case of the malefactor
who possessed this command in such a degree as to empower
him to indure the most excruciating torments —
when an idea or set of ideas already in possession of the
mind the mind can in a direct way keep them there
It can not however in any such way keep an idea out
of the mind — it may keep itself full but it can
not keep itself empty — on getting rid of an idea it has
no continually effectual means but by turning aside from one idea
and calling in and attaching itself to some other — when
the ideas thus dealt with are arguments in the opposite
sides of a controverted question the process thus
carried on is the self deceptive process — the mind fixes
its attention upon the arguments on one side keeping
it carefully turned aside from all the arguments on the
other side — In this way there is no proposition so absurd
but a man may in some sort keep himself tolerably
persuaded of the truth of it— this by fear and hope, but
particularly by fear as being the stronger passion that
the command thus exercised over the mind is obtained
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