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Alexander Bain
(11 Jun 1818 - 18 Sep 1903)
Scottish philosopher and psychologist.
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Science Quotes by Alexander Bain (2)
The arguments for the two substances [mind and body] have, we believe, entirely lost their validity; they are no longer compatible with ascertained science and clear thinking. The one substance, with two sets of properties, two sides, the physical and the mental—a double-faced unity—would appear to comply with all the exigencies of the case.
— Alexander Bain
Mind and Body: The Theories of their Relation (1872), 196.
See also: | Mind (43)
The most essential nature of a sentient being, which is to move to pleasure and from pain.
— Alexander Bain
On the Study of Character, Including An Estimate in Phrenology (1861), 202.
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