The arguments for the two substances - mind and body - have, we believe, entirely lost their validity; they are no longer compatible with ascertained science and clear thinking. One substance with two sets of attributes, two sides (a physical and a mental), a double-faced unity, would appear to comply with all the exigencies of the case.


Alexander Bain. Mind and Body: The Theories of their Relation (1872), p. 196; as cited in: The Popular Science Monthly, Vol. 27, June 1885, p. 162.

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The arguments for the two substances - mind and body - have, we believe, entirely lost their validity; they are no longer compatible with ascertained ...

The arguments for the two substances - mind and body - have, we believe, entirely lost their validity; they are no longer compatible with ascertained ...

The arguments for the two substances - mind and body - have, we believe, entirely lost their validity; they are no longer compatible with ascertained ...

The arguments for the two substances - mind and body - have, we believe, entirely lost their validity; they are no longer compatible with ascertained ...