You can mark in desire the rising of the tide, as the appetite more and more invades the personality, appealing, as it does, not merely to the sensory side of the self, but to its ideal components as well. Samuel Alexander Read Quote
Desire then is the invasion of the whole self by the wish, which, as it invades, sets going more and more of the psychical processes; but at the same time, so long as it remains desire, does not succeed in getting possession of the self. Samuel Alexander Read Quote
When we come to images or memories or thoughts, speculation, while always closely related to practice, is more explicit, and it is in fact not immediately obvious that such processes can be described in any sense as practical. Samuel Alexander Read Quote
We cannot therefore say that mental acts contain a cognitive as well as a conative element. Samuel Alexander Read Quote
The perceptive act is a reaction of the mind upon the object of which it is the perception. Samuel Alexander Read Quote
The mental act of sensation which issues in reflex movement is so simple as to defy analysis. Samuel Alexander Read Quote
Such being the nature of mental life, the business of psychology is primarily to describe in detail the various forms which attention or conation assumes upon the different levels of that life. Samuel Alexander Read Quote
Mental life is indeed practical through and through. It begins in practice and it ends in practice. Samuel Alexander Read Quote
It is more difficult to designate this form of conation on its practical side by a satisfactory name. Samuel Alexander Read Quote
