In the perception of a tree we can distinguish the act of experiencing, or perceiving, from the thing experienced, or perceived.

In the perception of a tree we can distinguish the act of experiencing, or perceiving, from the thing experienced, or perceived.

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.

But though cognition is not an element of mental action, nor even in any real sense of the word an aspect of it, the distinction of cognition and conation has if properly defined a definite value.

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.

Desire then is the invasion of the whole self by the wish, which, as it invades, sets going more and more of the psychical processes; but at the same time, so long as it remains desire, does not succeed in getting possession of the self.