Chapter 9: Organic Imitation
Part II: Biological Genesis
1. The General Question...If it be true, at the outset, that organic development proceeds by reactions, and if there be the two kinds of reaction usually distinguished, i.e. those which involve consciousness as a necessary factor and those which do not, then the first question comes: In which ( Read more... )

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(Н) Зависть и тщеславие были слугами трудолюбия
( они часто начинают стремительно ненавидеть друг друга с первого взгляда только из зависти )

Книга первая. Жизнь и характер Шопенгауэра
Глава четвертая. Берлинский период и последние путешествия (1820-1831 гг.)
II. Последние путешествия и возвращение
1. Второе путешествие в Италию. Мюнхен и ДрезденВ Италии он поддерживал знакомство большей частью с путешествующими англичанами и снова настолько хорошо освоил их язык и обычаи, что продолжал ( Read more... )

Chapter VIII. Imitation.
...Should we not ask, What is the organic value of the imitative tendency as evinced in many ways in the life of birds or other creatures ?
( I cannot but think that in a number of cases it would make all the difference between survival and destruction. )

Chapter VIII. Imitation.
...We have already seen that intelligent procedure is the result of certain processes in the cerebral cortex or elsewhere, which have pleasurable or unpleasant concomitants in consciousness. The actions which bring pleasure are repeated and strengthened; those which are unpleasant are checked or inhibited.
( What, then, are the special and peculiar conditions of intelligent imitation ? )