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Phrenology, or the Doctrine of the Mental Phenomena (Volume 1) by Johann Gaspar Spurzheim (Paperback / softback, 2012)

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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1832. Excerpt: ... as seem to be given particularly for amusements and theatrical performances. The next too belongs to them. XXI. Organ of Imitation. Gall would t probably have thought of searching for the organ of a faculty for imitating, had t one of his acquaintances, Mr. Hannibal, at Vienna, who possessed this power in great perfection, and was an excellent actor, desired him to examine a transverse furrow in the middle of his head. The hollow Gall found, but he was more struck with a considerable elevation of a semi-globular form before it. Shortly after this, in the institute for deaf and dumb, he perceived a configuration of the upper and fore part of the head exactly resembling that of his friend's, in an individual, who, having for the first time put on a mask at the carnival, imitated perfectly all those who frequented the institution. These two cases furnished a basis for farther observation, and after much research both in Vienna, and during our travels, and finding a regular coincidence between the development of the cerebral part in the situation described and the faculty of imitation, we admit its function as demonstrated. Those who have it highly developed are fond of acting and of dramatic representation; they also often imitate the gestures, voice, manners, and in general all the manifestations of man and animals. (PI. ix. fg. 2. xxi.) The existence of the faculty of imitation is proved in the same way as every other primitive power. It is in general more active in children than in adults; and it is kwn that children learn a great deal by imitation: they do what they see done by others: they repeat what they hear told. It differs much in adults, and is t at all proportionate to the other faculties. Those who have it large speak t with words only...

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General Books
ISBN-10
1150086106
ISBN-13
9781150086106
eBay Product ID (ePID)
184915493

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Paperback / Softback, Trade Paperback (US) ,Unsewn / Adhesive Bound
Language
English
Author
Johann Gaspar Spurzheim

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246mm
Width
189mm
Weight
222g

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6mm
Out-Of-Print Date
27/10/2016
Date of Publication
03/02/2012
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Black & White Illustrations
Country of Publication
United States

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