Psychology is the science of the act of experiencing, and deals with the whole system of such acts as they make up mental life.

The sensory acts are accordingly distinguished by their objects.

The thing of which the act of perception is the perception is experienced as something not mental.

What is the meaning of the togetherness of the perceiving mind, in that peculiar modification of perceiving which makes it perceive not a star but a tree, and the tree itself, is a problem for philosophy

Psychology is the science of the act of experiencing, and deals with the whole system of such acts as they make up mental life.

Hence, in desiring, the more the enjoyment is delayed, the more fancy begins to weave about the object images of future fruition, and to clothe the desired object with properties calculated to inflame the impulse.

It may be added, to prevent misunderstanding, that when I speak of contemplated objects in this last phrase as objects of contemplation, the act of contemplation itself is of course an enjoyment.