The mental act of sensation which issues in reflex movement is so simple as to defy analysis.
Samuel AlexanderWhen we come to images or memories or thoughts, speculation, while always closely related to practice, is more explicit, and it is in fact not immediately obvious that such processes can be described in any sense as practical.
Samuel AlexanderFor psychological purposes the most important differences in conation are those in virtue of which the object is revealed as sensed or perceived or imaged or remembered or thought.
Samuel AlexanderMental life is indeed practical through and through. It begins in practice and it ends in practice.
Samuel Alexander