tailieunhanh - THE STORY OF THE MIND

In this little book I have endeavoured to maintain the simplicity which is the ideal of this series. It is more difficult, however, to be simple in a topic which, even in its illustrations, demands of the reader more or less facility in the exploration of his own mind. I am persuaded that the attempt to make the matter of psychology more elementary than is here done, would only result in making it untrue and so in defeating its own object. In preparing the book I have secured the right and welcomed the opportunity to include certain more popular. | THE STORY OF THE MIND BY JAMES MARK BALDWIN WITH ILLUSTRATIONS NEW YORK D. APPLETON AND COMPANY 1905 Copyright 1898 1902 By D. APPLETON AND company. PREFACE. In this little book I have endeavoured to maintain the simplicity which is the ideal of this series. It is more difficult however to be simple in a topic which even in its illustrations demands of the reader more or less facility in the exploration of his own mind. I am persuaded that the attempt to make the matter of psychology more elementary than is here done would only result in making it untrue and so in defeating its own object. In preparing the book I have secured the right and welcomed the opportunity to include certain more popular passages from earlier books and articles. It is necessary to say this for some people are loath to see a man repeat himself. When one has once said a thing however about as well as he can say it there is no good reason that he should be forced into the pretence of saying something different simply to avoid using the same form of words a second time. The question of course is as to whether he should not then resign himself to keeping still and letting others do the further speaking. There is much to be said for such a course. But if one have the right to print more severe and difficult things and think he really has something to say which would instruct the larger audience it would seem only fair vi to allow him to speak in the simpler way also even though all that he says may not have the merit of escaping the charge of infringing his own copyrights I am indebted to the proprietors of the following magazines for the use of such passages The Popular Science Monthly The Century Magazine The Inland Educator and with them I also wish to thank The Macmillan Company and the owners of Appletons Universal Cyclopedia. As to the scope and contents of the Story I have aimed to include enough statement of methods and results in each of the great departments of psychological research to