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Excerpt from On the Intercourse Between the Soul and the Body 1. There are three opinions and tenets, or three hypotheses, respecting the intercourse between the soul and the body, or respecting the manner in which the one operates on the other, and in which they both operate in union; the first is called Physical Influx, the second Spiritual Influx, and the third Preestablished Harmony. The First hypothesis, which is that of Physical Influx, draws its origin from the appearances of the senses, and the fallacies which spring from that source. For it appears as if the objects of sight, which affect the eyes, flowed into the thought, and produced it; in like manner speech, which affects the ears, appears to flow into the mind, and produce ideas there; and the case appears to be similar with respect to the smell, taste and touch. The organs of these senses first receive, by contact, impressions from surrounding objects; and the mind appears to think, and also to will, according to the affections of those organs; observing which, the ancient philosophers and schoolmen concluded there to be an influx from the organs of sense into the soul, and hence adopted the hypothesis of Physical or Natural Influx. The Second hypothesis, which is that of spiritual influx, called by some Occasional Influx, draws its origin from order and its laws. 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.