Brain and mind; or, Mental science considered in accordance withthe principles of phrenology, and in relation to modern physiology . , and Kant, are thus marked, and was led by his study of such characters to the deter-mination of the organ which he ascribed to metaphysi-cal depth of thought; aptitude for drawing conclu-sions, and which Dr. Spurzheim named Causality. The organ is situated on each side of Comparison, andover Locality. When large, it gives prominence to theupper portion of the forehead, at the region of the frontal OF THE INTELLECT. 121 eminefices of the cranium, and if
Brain and mind; or, Mental science considered in accordance withthe principles of phrenology, and in relation to modern physiology . , and Kant, are thus marked, and was led by his study of such characters to the deter-mination of the organ which he ascribed to metaphysi-cal depth of thought; aptitude for drawing conclu-sions, and which Dr. Spurzheim named Causality. The organ is situated on each side of Comparison, andover Locality. When large, it gives prominence to theupper portion of the forehead, at the region of the frontal OF THE INTELLECT. 121 eminefices of the cranium, and if the Perceptives are small,that part has an overhanging appearance. If, however,the Perceptives are developed in proportion to the Reflect-ive faculties, the forehead recedes a little from the per-pendicular. It is the office of this faculty to take cogni-zance of the relations among phenomena which constitutecause and effect. The Perceptive faculties recognize theexistence and qualities of objects. Eventuality notes thechanges which they present, and Causality seeks to tracethese phenomena back to their origin or to the causes. F^. 51.—Causality Large. which produced them. Thus the Perceptives take cog-nizance of the existence of day and night, and the variousphenomena presented by the changing seasons. Causalitygoes back of the phenomena, and inquires into theirsource. The moon is observed to increase in size fromnight to night, then to wane, disappear for a season, andagain appearing to pass through the same phases. Causal-ity stimulates inquiry into the nature and law of thesechanges, and so contributes to the profoundest humanwisdom. Sir Isaac Newton was helped toward the dis-6 122 BRAIN AND MIND. covery of the law of gravitation by the fall of an before Newton had seen apples fall without giv-ing the phenomenon even a passing thought. But New-tons large Causality led him to inquire why apples whenreleased from the stem fall in a direct line to the groundin
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