The sense of Touch is the simplest and primal sense. Long before the lower forms of life had developed the higher senses, they had evidenced the sense of Touch or Feeling. Without this sense they would have been unable to have found their food, or to receive and respond to outside impressions. In the early […]
The sense of Taste is closely allied to that of Touch–in fact some authorities have considered Taste as a very highly developed sense of Touch in certain surfaces of the body, the tongue notably. It will be remembered that the tongue has the finest sense of Touch, and it also has the sense of Taste […]
The sense of Smell is closely connected with the sense of Taste, and often acts in connection therewith, as the tiny particles of the substance in the mouth arise to the organs of Smell, by means of the opening or means of communication situated in the back part of the mouth. Besides which the nose […]
The sense of Hearing is a more complex one than in the case of Taste, Touch and Smell. In the latter three the objects to be sensed must be brought in close contact with the sense-organs, while in Hearing the object may be far removed, the impressions being carried by the vibrations of the air, […]
The sense of Sight is generally conceded to be the highest and most complex of all the senses of Man. It deals with a far larger number of objects–at longer distances–and gives a far greater variety of reports to the mind than any of its associate senses. It is the sense of Touch magnified many […]
We trust that what we have said will bring the student to a realization of the importance of developing the powers of Perception. The senses have been developed by the mind during a long period of evolution and effort that surely would not have been given unless the object in view was worth it all. […]
We have thought it well to make a slight change in the arrangement of these lessons–that is, in the order in which they should appear. We had contemplated making this Seventh Lesson a series of Mental Drills, intended to develop certain of the mental faculties, but we have decided to postpone the same until a […]
From the very beginning of Life–among the Particles of Inorganic Substance, may be found traces of something like Sensation, and response thereto. Writers have not cared to give to this phenomenon the name of “sensation,” or “sensibility,” as the terms savored too much of “senses,” and “sense-organs.” But Modern Science has not hesitated to bestow […]
As we advance in the scale of life, we are met with constantly increasing unfoldment of mentation, the simple giving place to the complex manifestations. Passing by the simple vital processes of the monera, or single-celled “things,” we notice the higher forms of cell life, with growing sensibility or sensation. Then we come to the […]
Then comes another stage in which mental-consciousness proper sets in. The man begins to realize that he has “a mind.” He is able to “know himself” as a mental being, and to turn the gaze inward a little. This period of development may be noticed in young children. For a time they speak of themselves […]