| 单词 | abstract thought |
| 例句 | The sheriff would have liked a mind that could deal with abstract thoughts and ideas. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z They remained there, tucked into his memory, deep within a cave of abstract thoughts: information and ideas about pawns and squares to be used, discarded, or ignored—all in perfect cadence and synchronicity. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He didn’t mind, he teased her by pretending to be macho, he’d tell her women were incapable of abstract thought and she’d have another drink and grin at him. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z “People high on openness tend to enjoy abstract thought and to be broad-minded, creative, imaginative and philosophical.” Hotels for Book Lovers 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z Because literature takes children into abstract thought in two key ways. This government has set its face against reading 2010-12-24T12:23:59Z Reagan, Spitz writes, “was not a man given to abstract thought.” A New Biography of Ronald Reagan Captures His Passion for Stardom 2018-11-06T05:00:00Z Studies show ravens are intelligent and capable of abstract thought. A raven was shot, left for dead. Here’s how a bird-loving lawyer saved it. 2023-02-20T05:00:00Z As people grow more adept at abstract thought, they find it easier to imagine themselves in other people’s shoes. Better and better 2016-09-01T04:00:00Z Once again, he finds an explanation in the female preoccupation with people and emotion as opposed to the male orientation toward things and abstract thought. Charles Murray Returns, Nodding to Caution but Still Courting Controversy 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z One of the things that I zeroed in on– there’s so much abstract thought behind this, I’m serious. Jason Segel on playing David Foster Wallace: “I’m starting to think the things we’ve been told will make us feel good are a lie” 2015-07-29T04:00:00Z Universal extended schooling trains many more people in abstract thought, be it through Algebra I or role-playing in social studies classes. Are humans getting smarter? 2013-06-03T20:25:00Z Much of the rest of the frontal lobes is responsible for our most abstract thoughts. Touring the brain 2012-09-01T20:00:00Z Despite the memory lapse, Gabriel evinces a suspicious eloquence and flair for abstract thought. | 'Gabriel': World War II Melodrama at Atlantic Theater Company 2010-05-14T03:55:00Z In his abstract thoughts, he sees himself as a kind of saint, a man who thinks only of the work and the glory it brings to his religion. Reading group: What does William Golding's Spire stand for? 2013-04-09T12:35:20Z These “conventions for abstract thought,” as he called them, include a gaping mouth to stand for “dangerous brooding,” a pair of blank eyes for “imbecility” and two black whirlpools to represent fear. Art Review: ?Paintings of Charles Burchfield? at the Whitney 2010-06-24T21:53:00Z They’re the ne plus ultra of profundity in music, the classical style pushed to the very horizon of experience by abstract thought and free-spirited bravado. A Sterilized Philip Roth Adaptation 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z Its scenes contain nuggets of information that seem to convey the very nature of integrated modernity, of high government policies and granular practices, of abstract thought and physical action, of the very nature of power. “Patriots Day,” a Police Procedural for the Age of Surveillance 2017-01-18T05:00:00Z “My parents were educated White Northerners with an affection for abstract thought,” Harley says. Review | ‘The Magic Kingdom,’ by Russell Banks, reveals a paradise lost 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z “And the parts of the brain that deal with complex functions like abstract thought, working memory, creativity and socializing will be inhibited.” How to practice ‘gentle parenting’ — without losing discipline 2022-11-29T05:00:00Z He demonstrated that these animals were capable of abstract thought by showing that they could learn how to solve a puzzle. Biology for AP Courses 2022-06-09T00:00:00Z By practicing metacognitive behaviors, you are preparing yourself to engage in the kind of rational, abstract thought that will be required for philosophy. Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z Eating, I was reminded, is a sensual pursuit, but one deepened by that organ known for more abstract thought. Review | Yu Noodles is a small chain that will expand your universe 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z It's putting together abstract thoughts, but then it's very concrete. Lost Women of Science Podcast, Season 2, Episode 5: La Jolla 2022-04-28T04:00:00Z It’s a shame really, nothing that they could have put on-screen would have been weirder than the sort of weird abstract thoughts that everyone had about what the space jockeys were. Karl Poyzer on his creative journey, finding joy in 3D, and creating a Vimeo staff pick 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z That in turn leads to less time allocated to abstract thought. Screen-based online learning will change kids' brains. Are we ready for that? | Maryanne Wolf 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z Did they use language or engage in abstract thought? Horse eyeballs and bone hammers: surprising lives of the Neanderthals 2020-08-17T04:00:00Z They all did what humans do best, thinking and acting upon an abstract thought like avoiding tragic and preventable deaths. Rave & Rave: Thanks to everyday heroes, like the man who returned a lost, terrified dog 2020-07-19T04:00:00Z Physics thrives on abstract thought and, often, an otherworldly detachment from reality — but up close, the all-too-human business of doing science is messy, writes Sabine Hossenfelder. Daily briefing: This is the state of COVID-19 vaccine development now 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z It is a profession that thrives on abstract thought and, often, an other-worldly detachment from reality. How physics is rocked by the waves of history 2020-04-05T04:00:00Z “I very rarely draw abstract thoughts. Typically it’s a character and they are doing something.” Martinez brings characters to life on the comic books pages 2019-12-07T05:00:00Z Decoding “imagined” speech, which is what Facebook ultimately wants to achieve, would require translating from abstract thoughts into language, which is a far more confounding problem. Mind-reading tech: how private companies work to gain access to our brains 2019-10-24T04:00:00Z Their species was on the brink of the Stone Age: they were learning to use tools and their language evolved quickly, incorporating new ideas and embracing the concept of abstract thought. Gifts of Prometheus 2019-02-19T05:00:00Z But in further research, Dr. Wammes found that this works even on word definitions, pictures, and abstract thoughts and ideas. A Simple Way to Better Remember Things: Draw a Picture 2019-01-07T05:00:00Z He believed the neocortex, which he thought arose in primates, is the largest, outermost, and newest part of the human brain: It houses our conscious mind and handles learning, language, and abstract thought. Maybe the “lizard brain” isn’t so different from ours after all 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z Developmentally, most teenagers don’t have the life experience or abstract thought to handle the maturity needed for a successful marriage, said Benjamin Barton, a developmental psychologist at the University of Idaho. Idaho has some of the highest rates of child marriage in US 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z It also couldn’t capture abstract thoughts or mental images, the way Facebook has suggested tapping into people’s speech centers to transcribe their thoughts. I tried the wristband that lets you control computers with your brain 2018-06-06T04:00:00Z This includes “material indicators of manipulation of symbols and abstract thought” such as creation of art and ornamentation, use of pigments, burying the dead, complex multi-component tools and bone carvings, Neubauer added. Mind bender: shape of human brain evolved over time 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z “They have a horror of abstract thought, they feel no need for any philosophy or systematic ‘world-view.’ Opinion | Is it Britain’s turn for revolution? 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z He abandoned a career as a philosophy lecturer to play cricket for Middlesex and went on to become a psychoanalyst: in other words he abandoned abstract thought to look for solutions. A former England cricket captain explores the question of “form” 2017-09-07T04:00:00Z Between the ages of 13 and 20, the brain isn’t finished developing its abstract thought capabilities which leads teenagers to have very absolutist and idealist thoughts, Barton said. Idaho has some of the highest rates of child marriage in US 2018-06-30T04:00:00Z For Fisher, it creates an intimate and authentic piece, combining the abstract thought of creating something original but using the techniques of Renaissance masters. Limestone sculptors share their skills at Indiana symposium 2017-06-23T04:00:00Z This includes “material indicators of manipulation of symbols and abstract thought” such as creation of art and ornamentation, use of pigments, burying the dead, complex multi-component tools and bone carvings, Neubauer added. Mind bender: shape of human brain evolved over time 2018-01-24T05:00:00Z Infants are capable of abstract thought, forming theories about what is happening in the physical world and whom to trust. D.C. among first in nation to require child-care workers to get college degrees 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Like the Parthenon, the Golden Gate Bridge seems Platonic in its perfection, as if the harmonies and resolutions of creation as understood by mathematics and abstract thought have been effortlessly materialized through engineering design. California Today: A Chronicler of the State, in His Own Words 2017-01-17T05:00:00Z This is a big and abstract thought to share with children, of course, and perhaps, like so many like it, it is teachable only as a pained—at this moment, acutely pained—daily practice. Talking to Kids About Trump’s Victory 2016-11-09T05:00:00Z “They have a horror of abstract thought, they feel no need for any philosophy or systematic ‘worldview’.” The improbable revolutionaries 2016-06-24T04:00:00Z Instead of offering straightforward story songs about doomed romance, he colors his lyrics with abstract thoughts, some with psychedelic overtones or musings on unconventional themes like the origin of the universe. Sturgill Simpson: country music's young outlaw shifts shape again 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Acknowledging the existence of sexism as an abstract thought is like switching off your lights for Earth hour before you head off for your holiday in Bogotá. It’s easy for men to acknowledge sexism. The challenge is to do something about it | Rupert Myers 2016-03-08T05:00:00Z "Shakedown Street" was especially slinky too, with a delicacy the group lacked in Chicago; perhaps, Mayer had reawakened a sexual impulse in music that for years had carried more abstract thoughts. John Mayer hops aboard the Dead & Company train at the Forum 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z This image of the brain is vividly captured in the “abstract thought zone” of the recent animated Pixar movie “Inside Out”—where three-dimensional experiences are transformed into flat cubist ideas. Babies Make Predictions, Too 2015-08-12T04:00:00Z I could finally form my abstract thoughts about money into actual speech — and it changed my life forever. 5 Powerful Books to Improve Your Life 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z The question of whether managers should turn a blind eye to Adderall in the workplace is not an abstract thought experiment. Alex Rodriguez, Willie Mays And Adderall At Work 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z The use of such ornaments supports the idea that Neanderthals were capable of symbolism and abstract thought, Villa says. ‘Such a Neanderthal.’ Turns out that’s almost a compliment. 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z Suddenly, disaster planning was no longer an abstract thought. When a Business Owner Gets Cancer 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z Its significance is that it shows Neanderthals were capable of abstract thought and creativity of a type hitherto thought to be unique to modern humans. Lowbrow art 2014-09-04T04:00:00Z But art, a high expression of abstract thought, was long considered to be the exclusive preserve of our own species. Cave yields Neanderthal 'artwork' 2014-09-01T04:00:00Z The great power of technology is abstraction, and yet our ability for abstract thought is being undermined by the constant intrusions of digital technology in our mental processes. Shocking Study Shows Why Technology Is Not Really Making Us Smarter 2014-07-04T04:00:00Z The engraving, the researchers say, demonstrates a Neanderthal capacity for abstract thought and expression. ‘Such a Neanderthal.’ Turns out that’s almost a compliment. 2015-01-19T05:00:00Z That is why revenge is more than a shortsighted and pointless instinct; it is an example of man’s sublime capacity for abstract thought. Opinion: Revenge, My Lovely 2014-05-02T21:46:17Z In later years, Darwin would postulate that dogs were capable of abstract thought, morality, and even language. How Smart Is That Doggy in the Window? 2014-04-13T09:45:34Z Visual search involves not just sight but memory and abstract thought. How Your Eyes Search a Scene (preview) 2013-07-24T11:15:14.310Z As it happens, this quiz is more than an abstract thought experiment. Code of Conduct: Can I 'Borrow' Google's Books Forever? 2013-06-13T18:46:00Z Certainly the power of abstract thought is what separates humans from other animals. Use The P Of Storytelling To Grow Your Small Business 2013-04-22T21:40:37Z Dr. Dale concurs: "There is good evidence that the earliest signs of cognitive impairment are often emotional changes" -- anger, anxiety, depression -- "rather than cognitive ones" -- memory, abstract thought. The New Old Age Blog: In the Middle: Why Elderly Couples Fight 2012-12-17T10:41:24Z They can recognize objects in photos better than any other animal, evidence of Darwin’s claims of abstract thought. How Smart Is That Doggy in the Window? 2014-04-13T09:45:34Z It is thus an important clue to when this cognitive capacity - which underlies language, abstract thought and other higher brain functions - arose and whether it evolved separately in two parallel human lineages. Who you calling dumb? Neanderthals possibly cave artists: study 2012-06-14T18:55:57Z In the realm of abstract thought these transitions take place lightly. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 2 "Hearing" to "Helmond" 2012-04-25T02:00:53.567Z He was too much under the sway of feeling and concrete imagination to be capable of great things in abstract thought. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" 2012-04-14T02:00:23.707Z He argued that the 77,000-year-old etchings were examples of symbolic behaviour and represented the earliest known evidence of abstract thought. Human evolution: Cultural roots 2012-02-15T18:20:59.113Z His life was passed more in communion with Nature than in contact with the world: his experiences of happiness or sorrow entered into his art solely as affording materials for his abstract thought. The Roman Poets of the Republic 2012-01-15T03:00:14.187Z It is our privilege to help develop their latent powers of abstract thought by furnishing them with the tools with which they may do their thinking. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z For this the motives must have assumed the form of abstract thoughts, because it is really only by means of these that deliberation, i.e., a weighing of opposite reasons for action, is possible. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z And even if the lesson is impersonal, we must dramatize it, we must invent situations and persons to illustrate the abstract thought, or we must draw illustrations from real history. Sunday-School Success A Book of Practical Methods for Sunday-School Teachers and Officers 2011-12-21T03:00:45.660Z There my heart and mind were closed to all abstract thought and large emotions, for the nurse was away and I was absorbed in the details of thermometer and medicines. Atlantic Classics, Second Series 2011-12-09T03:00:20.203Z Ninety percent of the study subjects switched tracks, killing the lone hiker to save five. These findings match past studies that were only abstract thought experiments. Killing One Person To Save Five 2011-12-03T22:15:00.237Z A careful analysis of the meaning of this will show that it begins and ends in the domain of abstract thought. Beyond 2011-11-27T03:00:13.650Z The causes of our pain, as of our pleasure, lie for the most part, not in the real present, but merely in abstract thoughts. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z Inclining more to artistic illustration than to abstract thought, its gifts, in the hierarchy of the nations, are eminent and precious. From the Oak to the Olive A Plain record of a Pleasant Journey 2011-11-26T03:00:12.337Z There is no personality in abstract thought without a thinker: there is no thinker unless he exercises some mode of thought. Know the Truth; A critique of the Hamiltonian Theory of Limitation 2011-10-29T02:00:13.723Z It is no disadvantage that one prefers solitude, likes abstract thoughts, has no taste for business enterprise, is fond of books and study. Recollections and Impressions 1822-1890 2011-10-15T02:00:25.820Z Reality is a thing of infinite diversity, and defies the most ingenious deductions and definitions of abstract thought, nay, abhors the clear and precise classifications we so delight in. The House of the Dead or Prison Life in Siberia with an introduction by Julius Bramont 2011-09-27T02:00:18.213Z For what really produces the effect here is the abstract thought, not the object of perception. The World As Will And Idea (Vol. 1 of 3) 2011-12-29T03:00:18.017Z With brow puckered in abstract thought, Chester broke the seal and laid the crisp, immaculate garment on the bed. The Sin of Monsieur Pettipon and other humorous tales 2011-09-17T02:00:25.067Z To those who have exhausted politics, nothing remains but abstract thought; this Charles V. had proved by his abdication. The Works of Honor? de Balzac About Catherine de' Medici, Seraphita and Other Stories 2011-09-02T02:00:23.810Z Even the most abstract thought, as he elsewhere notices, implies certain moral qualities. Social Rights And Duties Addresses to Ethical Societies Vol II 2011-08-05T02:00:45.557Z And do we not by this act of faith bring our souls into that union with God which we so much desire, more truly than by any abstract thought? Memoir of Mary L. Ware, Wife of Henry Ware, Jr. 2011-08-02T02:00:25.157Z It may be possible that men trained in abstract thought without reference to fact, the successors of many generations of men equally so trained, do consider themselves to have such a conception. The Hearts of Men 2011-07-19T02:00:20.477Z He was a philosopher, imbued with the tenets of positivism; and she was naturally prone to be fascinated by abstract thought. The Age of Tennyson 2011-05-31T02:00:36.607Z The most abstruse and abstract thought of to-day is possible because ages and ages ago men living in caves were hungry and sought food, were cold and sought warmth, felt fear and sought protection. The Girl in Her Teens 2011-04-26T02:00:26.063Z Many experts argue that this unusual spurt in creative activity was likely caused by a key innovation: complex language, which enabled abstract thought. Study Points to Mother of All Mother Tongues 2011-04-14T18:41:49Z And to the Egyptian, with his love of symbolism and disinclination for abstract thought, the expression of an idea meant a concrete form. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z The abstract thought of the Commedia, tyrannous and all-controlling as it is, could not lay claim to reality but for the dramatic episodes which present it to the intellect through the imagination. Renaissance in Italy: Italian Literature Part 1 (of 2) 2011-04-09T02:00:14.990Z Reality as endowed with universal unity is reality as apprehended by abstract thought to be capable of indefinite repetition or multiplication of itself in actual existence. Ontology or the Theory of Being 2011-04-01T02:00:38.727Z Was it a sign of coming trouble, that for the first time for many years he had abandoned himself to the impotent morbidness of abstract thought? Mysterious Mr. Sabin 2011-03-24T02:00:10.087Z Disturbances in excitatory and inhibitory pathways may be especially important in the prefrontal cortex, which is responsible for higher cognitive capacities such as language, planning, and abstract thought. [Editors' Choice] Excited to Madness 2011-01-19T22:55:26.410Z Symbolism remained, while the abstract thought, to which that symbolism should have been a stepping-stone, failed to penetrate into Egyptian religion. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z The goal is to help these children engage in meaningful relationships, expanding their capacity for communication, understanding and complex, abstract thought. Well: A Child Psychiatrist Talks About Autism 2011-01-14T18:37:03Z Were we to neglect the latter, and consider merely what abstract thought gives us, we should regard as really one what is one for thought. Ontology or the Theory of Being 2011-04-01T02:00:38.727Z The students walk past them in little groups, deep in argument and abstract thought. Age of austerity 2010-05-27T10:49:00Z And her philosophy, grounded on practical common sense rather than a study of the metaphysicians, is of much more value to the world than abstract thought. The Gay Adventure A Romance One result of the Egyptian's inability or disinclination for abstract thought was the necessity not only of representing the gods under special and definite forms, but even of always so thinking of them. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z In abstract thought he was a mere dilettante, and his strength 192 lay in the vigour and sincerity of his statements rather than in cogency of reasoning. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Slice 2 "Bohemia" to "Borgia, Francis" What may be inferred from the fact that the human intellect has this power of abstract thought, is another question92. Ontology or the Theory of Being 2011-04-01T02:00:38.727Z His natural parts were excellent; and a strong bias in the direction of abstract thought, and mathematics in particular, was noticeable at an early date. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 8 "Chariot" to "Chatelaine" So far was he from being only an abstract philosopher, that his natural tastes seem to have lain rather in the field of physical science than of abstract thought. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy Symbolism, indeed, is always necessary before we can apprehend the abstract: it is only through the sensuous symbol that we can express the abstract thought. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z In other words, they are merely elements of reality substantiated by abstract thought into independent realities. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 4 "Carnegie Andrew" to "Casus Belli" They teach that each of these “formalities” has, for abstract thought, a formal unity which is sui generis. Ontology or the Theory of Being 2011-04-01T02:00:38.727Z Such ideas were difficult to them, for they belonged to the old individual, poetical life, and spoke a language even, in which it was all but impossible to think an abstract thought. The Cutting of an Agate Many of the terms used to this day to express man's most abstract thoughts, were invented or introduced by Aristotle. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy To a certain extent, therefore, the general incapacity for abstract thought which distinguished the Egyptians did not hold good of the priestly colleges. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z As soon as the Professorin could transpose an event and its consequences into the sphere of abstract thought, it seemed no longer to weigh upon her. Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine It is external and internal sense experience, not abstract thought, which first brings us into direct and immediate mental contact with actually existing reality. Ontology or the Theory of Being 2011-04-01T02:00:38.727Z In the history of speech the language of signs preceded that of sounds, and images gradually ripened into abstract thoughts. Jewish Theology The poet must not use his verses as a vehicle of abstract thought. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy We need not wonder, therefore, that the ancient Egyptian should have shown on the one hand an incapacity for abstract thought, and on the other hand a love of visible symbols. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z Two questions now rend my heart; one is, Has the violence of love taken from me life, study, and the power of abstract thought? Villa Eden: The Country-House on the Rhine It would appear, therefore, that we cannot reach a true conception of what we are to regard as really one, or really manifold, by abstract thought alone. Ontology or the Theory of Being 2011-04-01T02:00:38.727Z These concurrent factors, which abstract thought conceives and then isolates, have never been seen acting each for itself. Essays on the Materialistic Conception of History And we can now see that the doctrines of the Sophists were, in fact, simply the crystallization into abstract thought of the practical tendencies of the age. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy Even in reading and writing, therefore, the Egyptian was not required to concern himself overmuch with abstract thought. The Religions of Ancient Egypt and Babylonia 2011-04-14T02:00:46.297Z A nation that has no clothing, no iron, no alphabet, no marriage, no arts of peace, no abstract thought, we call barbarous. The Voice of Science in Nineteenth-Century Literature Representative Prose and Verse Poetry commands the abstract thought, which it clothes in words. Sketch of a New Esthetic of Music The richer and more varied the concrete data, the more valuable is the mental result in abstract thought. Training the Teacher In the first place, we may say that his ultimate principle, Being, whatever he may have thought of it, is not in fact material, but is essentially an abstract thought, a concept. A Critical History of Greek Philosophy The mason could not follow such abstract thought. Clark's Field Inasmuch as he can form universals in his mind, he can realize the most abstract thought; and he is conscious. Pedagogics as a System He was too reverent and cared too little for abstract thought to share the scepticism of Voltaire. Hours in a Library New Edition, with Additions. Vol. II (of 3) His intelligence takes various forms from perception to abstract thought; it may be directed to outward things, to thoughts of things, or to pure idea. Monophysitism Past and Present A Study in Christology For in formal logic, whether as quantity or quality, that is, in pure mathematics or abstract thought, the reasoning is just as correct when negatives are employed as when positives, as I have remarked before. The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion To hear her was like listening to abstract thought, warmed by the fire of abstract conviction. The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume V Dugald Stewart, though mayhap less an original in the domain of abstract thought than some of his predecessors, belongs emphatically to the practical school. Leading Articles on Various Subjects His official duties left him little time for abstract thought; and his surpassingly ingenious and versatile mind employed itself rather in framing excuses for not answering than in finding thorough answers to possible doubts. The Life of Sir James Fitzjames Stephen, Bart., K.C.S.I. A Judge of the High Court of Justice I shall be told, in the capacity for logical and abstract thought. Introduction to the Science of Sociology The principal points in these objections are that abstract thought does not postulate being; and that possibly all intelligence is not one in kind. The Religious Sentiment Its Source and Aim: A Contribution to the Science and Philosophy of Religion We all know that beasts, however sagacious, are incapable of abstract thought, or moral perception. An Appeal in Favor of that Class of Americans Called Africans The first group will include all composition that deals with actual happenings and real things; the second, all that deals with abstract thoughts and spiritual ideas. English: Composition and Literature Darwin's work was to suggest a vera causa for a process which earlier philosophers had imagined almost from the beginning of abstract thought. Progress and History But by how much logical and abstract thought is the European peasant superior to his primitive brother? Introduction to the Science of Sociology Only among the working classes does the German devotion to abstract thought steadily continue to exist. Feuerbach: The roots of the socialist philosophy All at once the thread of the abstract thought is broken and autosymbolically in the place of it is presented the following hypnagogic hallucination: Symbol. Hidden Symbolism of Alchemy and the Occult Arts By the energy of abstract thought man had striven to pierce the veil, and press into "the Holy of Holies," to come into the presence of God, and he had failed. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles Even Homer seems to feel that philosophy is at last a needful discipline, that the abstract thought must be taken from its concrete wrappage, that the Universal must be freed from the Particular. Homer's Odyssey A Commentary In the results of abstract thought the world possesses a capital of which the employment in enriching the common round has no hitherto discoverable limits. Mysticism and Logic and Other Essays Feuerbach, not satisfied with abstract thought, invokes impressions produced by the senses, but does not comprehend sensation as practical sensory activities. Feuerbach: The roots of the socialist philosophy The pure passion of abstract thought fires each to do the best that is his to do. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern — Volume 11 The more his mind is disciplined by abstract thought, the clearer do these necessary and universal principles become, and the purer and more spiritual his ideas of God. Christianity and Greek Philosophy or, the relation between spontaneous and reflective thought in Greece and the positive teaching of Christ and His Apostles He wondered a little, but his mind was not one inclined to abstract thought. A Girl of the Klondike Even to the few who are gifted by nature with the power of abstract thought, it is often hazardous to push matters to a conclusion too openly. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 They do not soar into the region of abstract thought; they are without pretension, mysticism, or effort. The Continental Monthly, Vol. 6, No 3, September 1864 Devoted To Literature And National Policy Their language was extremely figurative, though incapable of the expression of abstract thought, as is the case with Indian tongues generally. Canada He was not at his best in abstract thought: too much logic dampened his enthusiasm; and an attempt at elaborate preparation weakened his discourse. History of the Negro Race in America from 1619 to 1880. Vol. 2 (of 2) Negroes as Slaves, as Soldiers, and as Citizens While he deals with abstract thought or moral truth his handling is tight, pedantic, and disagreeably hard. Milton He possesses the abstract thought, the philosophic temperament, the reflecting mind, which enable him to follow, with a correct and discerning eye, the general course of events. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 61, No. 379, May, 1847 I was not able to observe this phenomenon attentively, for Rayburn hustled us all about so sharply that I had no available time just then for abstract thought. The Aztec Treasure-House This next and highest sphere is action from the general or abstract thoughts which we have been able to work up by the apperceiving activity of the mind. The Story of the Mind He who habitually pursues abstract thought, looks down on the ground. The International Monthly Magazine - Volume V - No II How deep the plunge here into the sphere of abstract thought! Nature Mysticism By exercising the student in the apprehension of these truths, and in the application of them to particular propositions, it educates the power of abstract thought. Logic Deductive and Inductive Its genius is more scientific than literary, more historical than dramatic, greater in discovery than in abstract thought. Studies in Early Victorian Literature This does not seem so strange when we remember that religion is in connection with abstract thought, and with an exercise of the representative powers of the mind. History of English Humour, Vol. 1 With an Introduction upon Ancient Humour Both law and philosophy require the ability for abstract thought; in both cases the essential qualities of a thing must be separated from the thing itself. The Religion of Numa And Other Essays on the Religion of Ancient Rome The fundamental sources of antiquity had been sensuality and asceticism, the elements of the Middle Ages abstract thought and historical faith; now emotion was to become the principal factor. The Evolution of Love This pathetic fact tells us that soldiers have won their battles not by holding before the mind some abstract thought about the rights of man. The Investment of Influence A Study of Social Sympathy and Service Instead of resting us, it presents a problem, and the last thing for which we now have time is abstract thought. Fifth Avenue Fear overpowers our desire to be loving because it engages lower brain centers that are not controlled by abstract thought centers in the higher levels of our brain. Sequential Problem Solving A Student Handbook with Checklists for Successful Critical Thinking You can deal both with abstract thought and with human passion in the most passionate sense. The Letters of Robert Browning and Elizabeth Barrett Barrett, Vol. 1 (of 2) 1845-1846 It is abstract thought and pure feeling which are perpetually moulding the life of office and market and street. Preaching and Paganism In the fuller sense of a self-conscious and developing being, the idea of Humanity first appears with the Stoics, after the Greeks had put their leaven of abstract thought into the world. The Unity of Civilization As compared with the early Aryanism, it removed the idea of deity from merely natural forces to that of abstract thoughts, principles, and emotions, as active and potent in the world. Oriental Religions and Christianity A Course of Lectures Delivered on the Ely Foundation Before the Students of Union Theological Seminary, New York, 1891 The good man of this religion is he who withdraws from an evil world into abstract thought. Ten Great Religions An Essay in Comparative Theology The danger of abstract thought is seen precisely in respect of the problem of existence, the difficulty of which it solves by going round it, afterwards boasting that it has completely explained it. Tragic Sense Of Life Of course, it is meaningless nonsense for the mind to which all metaphysics and abstract thought are meaningless nonsense. The Crest-Wave of Evolution A Course of Lectures in History, Given to the Graduates' Class in the Raja-Yoga College, Point Loma, in the College-Year 1918-19 Perhaps, to make this abstract thought clearer, it would be well to endeavour to find some examples which will illustrate Schopenhauer's meaning. Cobwebs of Thought I, for one, find it impossible to believe that all this passionate verse—verse in which we find the quintessence of Donne’s genius—was a mere utterance of abstract thoughts into the wind. The Art of Letters If we stop at this abstract thought we have Spinozism, for in Spinozism subjectivity is not yet differentiated from substantiality, from substance as such. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 13 — Religion and Philosophy This is the root of the passion for abstract thought. Tragic Sense Of Life He would devote the remainder of his days to literature and abstract thought. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors The child is asked to change the cup into the abstract thought of life, and water into the thought of blessing. The Unfolding Life A Study of Development with Reference to Religious Training The images of auditory and visual symbols in the growth of speech replace in our minds concrete images and they permit of abstract thought. The Brain and the Voice in Speech and Song This is the instrument by means of which he thinks all his concrete thoughts—abstract thought being a power of the ego himself in the higher mental world. A Textbook of Theosophy Unlike the Greeks, the Romans, great as they were in law-making and administration, had little natural gift or taste for abstract thought. Life in the Roman World of Nero and St. Paul Here was a man so absorbed in abstract thought, so intent on attaining high and holy truth, that he neglected his friends, neglected his family, neglected himself until his body refused to obey the helm. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors Imagery makes palpable to the bodily eye the abstract thought seen only by the eye of the mind; and all orators aim at giving vividness to their thinking by thus making their thoughts visible. The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style Characteristic of Giorgione is the abstract thought, the dreaminess of look, the almost furtive glance. Giorgione A nation that has no clothing, no alphabet, no iron, no marriage, no arts of peace, no abstract thought, we call barbarous. The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 09, No. 54, April, 1862 Froude was a man strong in abstract thought and imagination, who wanted adequate knowledge. The Oxford Movement Twelve Years, 1833-1845 But Coleridge was not capable of a passionate love—the substance of his being was all absorbed in abstract thought. Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 05 Little Journeys to the Homes of English Authors But never imagine that all is vanity, if it is not abstract thought and idea. The World's Greatest Books — Volume 09 — Lives and Letters The conception is dignified, the expression resolute, yet tempered by that look of abstract thought which the painter reads into the faces of his sitters. Giorgione Or rather, we should say, it conveys a more abstract thought; it is India's noble tribute to the grace of Indian womanhood—the Venus de Milo of the East. A Handbook to Agra and the Taj Sikandra, Fatehpur-Sikri and the Neighbourhood My inclination to abstract thought, combined with the unpleasant experience I had had in life, made me an attentive pupil, and fitted me to comprehend his reasoning in the broadest sense. A Practical Illustration of "Woman's Right to Labor" A Letter from Marie E. Zakrzewska, M.D. Late of Berlin, Prussia But to quote more would induce the peculiar weariness that maxims always bring—the weariness that comes of scattered, disconnected, and abstract thought, no matter how wise. Essays in Rebellion And in the daily riding, riding, riding over the range he found the opportunity for abstract thought which the frontier life had crowded aside. Arizona Nights They are more appropriate to an ardent explorer of the world of abstract thought than to a mystical scientist pursuing the secret of existence. Life and Letters of Robert Browning His mind had begun to throw open again, to abstract thoughts and musings, its long-closed doors. The Market-Place If boys want images and melody, grown men, you think, want abstract thought. An Introduction to the Study of Robert Browning's Poetry It should not be by their architecture, but why not even by their power of abstract thought, that nations should seek to commemorate themselves? Walden But he was not less distinguished by maturity of judgment, by a love of abstract thought, and by those philosophical studies which lay the foundation of true reasoning in the mind. Canadian Notabilities, Volume 1 Philosophy, he says, deals with abstract thought or universals, poetry with the particular. Aesthetic as Science of Expression and General Linguistic It is living poetry congealed in abstract thought. Saint Augustin Now we have seen that it is Browning's way invariably to represent an abstract thought by a concrete illustration. Robert Browning: How to Know Him We have much to teach you in the sphere of abstract thought, as you have much to teach us in those of the practical reason and the knowledge of mankind. Alton Locke, Tailor and Poet An Autobiography I introduced the principle because in cool, abstract thought I conceived it to be of vital importance to the success of my colony. The Communistic Societies of the United States From Personal Visit and Observation Wagner's Tristan has often—even by Lichtenberger—been described as a philosophic work; and as abstract thought or philosophy, it is said, is foreign to art, a work which admits it must be condemned. Wagner's "Tristan und Isolde"; an essay on the Wagnerian drama The great conclusions of abstract thought brought to light in Greece were now to be tested in their application to life. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius In Transcendentalism, a poem which is commonly misunderstood, Browning informs us that the true poet must deal, not with abstract thought, but with concrete things. Robert Browning: How to Know Him The former word dealt only with abstract thought of a 'law,' this with a 'Lawgiver.' Expositions of Holy Scripture Kit was not much of a philosopher; action was easier to him than abstract thought, but he vaguely felt that the serenity of the dale was marred by human passion. The Buccaneer Farmer Published in England under the Title "Askew's Victory" The charm of Sienkiewicz's psychological novels is the synthesis so seldom realized and as I have already said, the plastic beauty and abstract thoughts. So Runs the World Greek ideas of aesthetic beauty, and Greek freedom of abstract thought, are being disseminated in the world with unexampled rapidity. The History of Roman Literature From the earliest period to the death of Marcus Aurelius The keenness of mental perception is dulled, and the ability to seize and hold an abstract thought is impaired. A Practical Physiology The strange power of words and the virtues of abstract thought begin to fascinate him. England and the War Not that he ignores law, or that his contemplation of this infinite joy is born of the intoxication produced by an indulgence in abstract thought. Sadhana : the realisation of life That is, he may be peculiarly dependent upon his eyes, needing to see a statement in print rather than to hear it read, and inclined to visualize or image even the most abstract thought. How to Study and Teaching How to Study Every one must have noticed how Russians are hag-ridden by an idea; but no one except Merezhkovski has observed the passion of abstract thought. Essays on Russian Novelists From the description we shall give here it will be realized how little such ancient schemes were based on abstract thoughts, and how much they were read from the facts of the world. Man or Matter It is the conviction that nothing mysterious can ever happen in our everyday life that has destroyed the joy of abstract thought. Concerning the Spiritual in Art Best of all, he was able to clothe the most abstract thoughts in language so simple and concrete that he brought the deepest of all subjects down to the scope of the commonest thinker. The Blind Spot One thing I learned with certainty was that the woman, qua woman, hates abstract thought—hates it. Born in Exile We are accustomed to think that the more abstract thought is, the more cold and dispassionate it is. Essays on Russian Novelists Certainly that is true; the Zunis, Maoris, and Mangaians exhibit amazing powers of abstract thought. Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 In this view a single cognitive occurrence contains both content and object, the content being essentially mental, while the object is physical except in introspection and abstract thought. The Analysis of Mind It is difficult to get at their notions on subjects that require a little abstract thought; but, the mind of the Indian is in a very primitive condition. The Naturalist on the River Amazons You chose your subject in the realm of abstract thought, and you did quite right. The Sea-Gull From the heroes of Dostoevski we may see how abstract thought may be passionate, how metaphysical theories and deductions are rooted, not only in cold reason, but in the heart, emotions, and will. Essays on Russian Novelists Where abstract thought or talent or genius is involved the greatest human variability is seen. The Foundations of Personality It had lain fallow all his life so far as the abstract thought of the books was concerned, and it was ripe for the sowing. Martin Eden |
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