A conception of the nature of tangible objects is acquired by a simple perception of all the phenomena by which objects manifest themselves. This perception demands no intellectual effort; it requires attention and memory, and - as memory may prove treacherous - registration of the observed phenomena.


Lectures on Clinical Medicine, Delivered at the Hotel-Dieu (Volume 2), Introduction (p. 30), Lindsay & Blakiston. 1869

Armand Trousseau Quotes

A conception of the nature of tangible objects is acquired by a simple perception of all the phenomena by which objects manifest themselves. This...

A conception of the nature of tangible objects is acquired by a simple perception of all the phenomena by which objects manifest themselves. This...

A conception of the nature of tangible objects is acquired by a simple perception of all the phenomena by which objects manifest themselves. This...

A conception of the nature of tangible objects is acquired by a simple perception of all the phenomena by which objects manifest themselves. This...