American Pocket Library of Useful Knowledge/Phrenological Index
PHRENOLOGICAL INDEX.
FEELINGS,
Or Affective Faculties.
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*Alimentiveness, appetite for food. | |
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1. Amativeness, produces Sexual Love, Desire; Physical Love. | |
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2. Philoprogenitiveness, Love of Children, and Young Beings. | |
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3. Concentrativeness–continues the Mind on Emotion or Ideas. | |
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4. Adhesiveness, Friendship, Sociability; Attachment generally. | |
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5. Combativeness, Courage, Opposition, Intrepidity, Quarrelsomeness. |
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6. Destructiveness, Desire to Destroy, Torment; Harshness, Cruelty. | |
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7. Secretiveness, Concealment, Prudence, Cunning, Hypocrisy. | |
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8. Acquisitiveness, Desire to acquire Property; Avarice, Selfishness. | |
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9. Constructiveness, Mechanical Genius, desire to build. | |
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10. Self-esteem, Self-respect, Personal Dignity, Pride, Haughtiness. | |
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11. Approbativeness, Thirst for Praise, Fame, or Glory; Ambition, Vanity. |
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12. Cautiousness, Circumspection, Timidity, Fear, Despondency. | |
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13. Benevolence, Universal Charity, Mildness of Disposition. | |
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14. Veneration, Reverence, Superstitious Adoration, Bigotry. | |
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15. Firmness, Determination, Perseverance, Obstinacy, Resolution. | |
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16. Conscientiousness, Love of Truth, Sense of Justice, Duty. | |
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17. Hope, Expects future good; Cherishes Faith, Love of Scheming. |
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18. Wonder, Desire of Novelty, Belief in the Supernatural. | |
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19. Ideality, Love of the Beautiful, or Excellent, Poetic Feeling. | |
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20. Mirthfulness, Wit, Humour, Glee, Love of the Ludicrous. | |
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21. Imitation, Expression in Arts, or Action; Mimicry. |
INTELLECT,
Or Knowing and Reflecting Faculties.
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22. Individuality–observes Existences, Simple Facts. | |
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23. Form, observe Configuration and the Shape of Bodies generally. | |
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24. Size–gives the Idea of Space, Distance, Dimension. | |
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25. Weight–perceives Momentum, Resistance, Equilibrium. | |
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26. Colouring–gives perception of Colours, and their Harmonies. | |
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27. Locality–gives the idea of Relative Position, Place. | |
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28. Number, Talent for Calculation, quickness in Figures. | |
| REFLECT, PERCEIVE OBJECTS, AND THEIR RELATIONS. |
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29. Order, Communicates the Love of Physical Arrangement. |
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30. Eventuality–observes and remembers Occurrences and Events. | |
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31. Time–perceives Duration in Nature, time in Music. | |
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32. Tune, Sense of Musical Harmony, Melody. | |
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33. Language, Verbal Memory, Fluency in Speech or Writing. | |
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34. Comparison–discovers Analogies and Differences. | |
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35. Causality–traces the Relation of Cause and Effect. |
Memory, is merely a degree of activity of the knowing and reflecting organs, each organ enabling the mind to recall the impressions which it served at first to receive.
Judgment is the decision of 34 & 35 upon feelings and ideas furnished by the other faculties.
The faculties, in themselves, are mere instincts; the moral sentiments and intellect being higher than the animal propensities. Every faculty is good in itself, but all are liable to abuse: their operations are right only when they act in harmony with each other, enlightened intellect and moral sentiment holding the supremacy.
Other things being equal, the size of the brain determines the strength of the mind; though if the temperament be active, the same volume of brain will produce proportionally greater mental energy. The size of each organ measures the power of the faculty which is exercised by means of it. Each organ desires its own active gratification in proportion to its development; the larger organs controlling the smaller. Firmness, Concentrativeness, and Secretiveness, act through other faculties.
Note.–Figures may be used in the margin to denote the relative sizes of the organs in individuals. Scale from 1 to 20:–organs marked below 8, small; from 8 to 12, moderate; from 12 to 16, full; from 16 to 20, large.
Note.–The subject of Phrenology has awakened so much attention for a few years past, that it is thought consistent with the plan of this work, to devote one page to a general and comprehensive view of the whole matter, which we do in the above synopsis, without designing to express any opinion upon the relative merits or demerits of the science.