The Diseases of the Will - Couverture souple

Ribot, Theodule Armand

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1425489982 ISBN 13 : 9781425489984

Editeur : Kessinger Publishing, 2006

Synopsis

The Diseases of the Will is a book written by Theodule Armand Ribot that explores the concept of volition and the various disorders that can affect it. The book is divided into three main sections: the first section provides an overview of the will and its functions, the second section delves into the various forms of volitional disorders, and the third section discusses the treatment and management of these disorders.Throughout the book, Ribot draws on a wide range of examples and case studies to illustrate the different types of volitional disorders, including paralysis of the will, impulsive behavior, and obsessive-compulsive disorder. He also explores the relationship between volition and other mental processes, such as emotion and cognition, and discusses the ways in which these processes can interact to affect behavior.The book is written in a clear and accessible style, making it suitable for both academic and general readers. It provides a comprehensive overview of the topic of volitional disorders and offers insights into the nature of human behavior and the workings of the mind. Overall, The Diseases of the Will is a valuable resource for anyone interested in psychology, psychiatry, or the philosophy of mind.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

In the Humboldt Library Mr. Fitzgerald places before the public the results of the latest thought and labor of the scientific world. This enterprize cannot be too highly commended from the standpoint of the public instructor and lover of knowledge. If the masses are ever to become acquainted with the laws of their being, such a publication as the Humboldt Library will prove a powerful agency in accomplishing the desirable result.
M. Ribot has the merit of stating, in clear and comprehensible language, the facts, doctrines, and hypotheses of modern metaphysics, so that the average reader may be easily introduced to perhaps the most important of all sciences. In this, and other essays on these subjects, M. Ribot pursues the inductive method, studying the mind as it is exhibited in the normal and abnormal types which are accessible everywhere. The important aid to be derived from pathology in mental science is well known. M. Ribot arranges the diseases of the will into several heads, viz: 1. lack of impulsion, as seen in irresolution; 2. excess of impulsion; 3, impairment of voluntary intelligence; 4, caprice; and 5, extinction of will. Under the last head he treats of ecstasy, nirvana, hypnotism, etc. The author shows the intermediary character of the will, that it is not only a cause, but also an effect, thus denying the ordinary form of so-called "freedom of the will." It is difficult to perceive the utility of the word will in this doctrine. As the outcome of a stimulus which has passed through more or less complex emotive or ratiocinative processes, action is only the movement of the last ball in a series in which the first one has been struck a blow. At best the word can only be used to represent a convenient fiction, supposing this doctrine to express all there is of will in the human mind.
A short paragraph expresses incidentally the author's views as to the origin of the mechanism whose action expresses human motives and human intelligence. I quote it as being in consonance with views often expressed by the present writer, but opposed to those held by many of the physiological metaphysicians of the present day: "The will has for its basis a legacy coming down from generations innumerable, and registered in the organism, namely, primordial automatic activity, which is almost invariable, and quite unconscious, although in the distant past it must have been accompanied by a rudiment of consciousness which later faded away, in proportion as coordination, growing more perfect, became organic in the species," p. 38. The italics are our own.
–The American Naturalist

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Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Kessinger Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2006
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1425489982
• ISBN 13: 9781425489984
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 156
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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