The Thing Of Which The Act Of

The Interval Between A Cold Expectation And A Warm Desire May Be Filled By Expectations Of Varying Degrees Of Warmth Or By Desires Of Varying Degrees Of Coldness.

Thus The Same Object May Supply A Practical Perception To One Person And A Speculative One To Another, Or The Same Person May Perceive It Partly Practically And Partly Speculatively.

But Unfortunately Locke Treated Ideas Of Reflection As If They Were Another Class Of Objects Of Contemplation Beside Ideas Of Sensation.

Mental Life Is Indeed Practical Through And Through. It Begins In Practice And It Ends In Practice.

It May Be Added, To Prevent Misunderstanding, That When I Speak Of Contemplated Objects In This Last Phrase As Objects Of Contemplation, The Act Of Contemplation Itself Is Of Course An Enjoyment.