The Mind and Its Education. George Herbert Betts
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George Herbert Betts
The Mind and Its Education
Published by Good Press, 2019
EAN 4057664109064
Table of Contents
MENTAL DEVELOPMENT AND MOTOR TRAINING
SELF-EXPRESSION AND DEVELOPMENT
APPLETONS' NEW TEACHERS' BOOKS
APPLETONS' NEW TEACHERS' BOOKS
CHAPTER I
THE MIND, OR CONSCIOUSNESS
We are to study the mind and its education; but how? It is easy to understand how we may investigate the great world of material things about us; for we can see it, touch it, weigh it, or measure it. But how are we to discover the nature of the mind, or come to know the processes by which consciousness works? For mind is intangible; we cannot see it, feel it, taste it, or handle it. Mind belongs not to the realm of matter which is known to the senses, but to the realm of spirit, which the senses can never grasp. And yet the mind can be known and studied as truly and as scientifically as can the world of matter. Let us first of all see how this can be done.
1. HOW MIND IS TO BE KNOWN