Book 2 Chapter 6- Definition of the Consciousness—Categories of Understanding

The Mind and the Brain

by Alfred BINET (1857 - 1911)

The authorized translation of L’âme et le corps, F. Legge, editor“This book is a prolonged effort to establish a distinction between what is called mind and what is called matter. Nothing is more simple than to realise this distinction when you do not go deeply into it; nothing is more difficult when you analyse it a little. At first sight, it seems impossible to confuse things so far apart as a thought and a block of stone; but on reflection this great contrast vanishes, and other differences have to be sought which are less apparent and of which one has not hitherto dreamed.” (from The Mind and the Brain)

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Book 2 Chapter 7 - Definition of the Consciousness—The Separability of the Consciousness from its Object—Discussion of Idealism , Book 2 Chapter 8 - Definition of the Consciousness—The Separation of the Consciousness from its object—The Unconscious , Book 2 Chapter 9 - Definitions of Psychology , Book 3 Chapter 2 - Spiritualism and Idealism , Book 3 Chapter 3 - Materialism and Parallelism , Book 3 Chapter 4 - Modern Theories , Book 3 Chapter 5 - Conclusion , Book 3 Chapter 6 - Recapitulation , Book 3 - The Union of the Soul and the Body - Chapter 1 - The Mind Has an Incomplete Life