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.
Samuel AlexanderMental life is indeed practical through and through. It begins in practice and it ends in practice.
Samuel AlexanderThe perceptive act is a reaction of the mind upon the object of which it is the perception.
Samuel AlexanderIt 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.
Samuel Alexander