Download or read book Outlines of Imperfect and Disordered Mental Action (Classic Reprint) written by Thomas C. Upham and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-06 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Outlines of Imperfect and Disordered Mental Action IN undertaking to prepare the present volume, I was strongly influenced by a conviction of the practical importance of the subject. It is perhaps true, that the public mind is but little informed, cer tainly much less than it should be, in relation to the true doctrines of regular or normal mental action; but it is, undoubtedly, much more ignorant of the philosophy of defective and disordered mental ao tion. Nor is it surprising that this should be the' case, when we consider that but very few writers, even of those who have professedly devoted them selves to mental inquiries, have particularly investi gated this portion of the Philosophy of Mind. It has, in fact, been almost totally neglected, except by a few learned and philosophical writers of the med ical profession, who, in the discharge of their pro fessional duties, could not well avoid giving some attention to 'this, subject. But the books of these writers, of great value as they undoubtedly are, are for the most part taken up with the consider ation of disordered mental action as it is connect ed particularly with the physical system, and with various practical directions having relation to the treatment of insane persons. These works were not designed for popular circulation; nor, as a matter of fact, has this been the case. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.