The sensory acts are accordingly distinguished by their objects.

It is more difficult to designate this form of conation on its practical side by a satisfactory name.

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

The perceptive act is a reaction of the mind upon the object of which it is the perception.

The mental act of sensation which issues in reflex movement is so simple as to defy analysis.

The interval between a cold expectation and a warm desire may be filled by expectations of varying degrees of warmth or by desires of varying degrees of coldness.

It is convenient to distinguish the two kinds of experience which have thus been described, the experienc-ing and the experienc-ed, by technical words.