Project Gutenberg 2013-07-07 Public domain in the USA. 97 Brown, Thomas 1778 1820 Lectures on the Philosophy of the Human Mind (Vol. 1 of 3) Reading ease score: 29.2 (College graduate level). Very difficult to read. Produced by Barbara Tozier, SeanR, Bill Tozier and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Lectures on the Philosophy of the Human Mind (Vol. 1 of 3)" by Thomas Brown is a scholarly work focused on the philosophical inquiry into the nature and functions of the human mind, written in the early 19th century. This text is a collection of lectures that explore various dimensions of mental philosophy, including the relationship between mental faculties and moral responsibilities, as well as the implications for science and ethics. Brown provides a view of philosophy as a practical tool intended to enhance human virtue and happiness, emphasizing the role of intellectual and moral understanding in shaping human experiences. The opening of this volume sets the stage by arguing for the importance of studying the mind not just as a theoretical construct but as a practical endeavor with real consequences for human conduct and societal well-being. Brown contrasts ancient philosophical discourses, which often neglected the intricacies of thought and emotion, with a modern approach that seeks to analyze mental phenomena through observation and experiment. He highlights the need for a deeper understanding of how the mind interacts with moral obligations and offers insights into the potential benefits of this philosophical exploration for individual character development and collective social improvement. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/43116/43116-h/images/cover.jpg en Philosophy Psychology B Text Browsing: Philosophy & Ethics Browsing: Psychiatry/Psychology 1398710 1398650 2024-11-18T06:52:08.448029 2023-09-18T15:11:25.566264 text/html text/html 1414761 2013-07-07T07:53:10 text/html; charset=utf-8 480930 2013-07-07T07:53:28 text/html; charset=utf-8 application/zip 516271 2024-11-18T06:52:22.739956 application/epub+zip 536025 2024-11-18T06:52:10.559983 application/epub+zip 536027 2024-11-18T06:52:09.532998 application/epub+zip 899017 2024-11-18T06:52:32.214874 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 785829 2024-11-18T06:52:21.524934 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 786117 2022-09-19T16:48:24.333622 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 1285448 2024-10-18T07:04:42.546852 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 1286929 2013-07-07T07:53:06 text/plain; charset=utf-8 437535 2013-07-07T07:53:28 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 1285103 2013-07-07T07:53:26 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 436591 2013-07-07T07:53:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 1285219 2013-07-07T07:53:26 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 436434 2013-07-07T07:53:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 22842 2024-11-18T06:52:32.365983 application/rdf+xml 10055 2024-11-18T06:52:09.670983 image/jpeg 2178 2024-11-18T06:52:09.601986 image/jpeg 482821 2024-11-18T06:52:08.559004 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog