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"This carefully edited collection of William Walker Atkinson has been designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices.
The Art of Logical Thinking
The Crucible of Modern Thought
Dynamic Thought
How to Read Human Nature
The Inner Consciousness
The Law of the New Thought
The Mastery of Being
Memory Culture
Memory: How to Develop, Train and Use It
The Art of Expression and The Principles of Discourse
Mental Fascination
Mind and Body; or Mental States and Physical Conditions
Mind Power: The Secret of Mental Magic
The New Psychology Its Message, Principles and Practice
New Thought
Nuggets of the New Thought
Practical Mental Influence
Practical Mind-Reading
Practical Psychomancy and Crystal Gazing
The Psychology of Salesmanship
Reincarnation and the Law of Karma
The Secret of Mental Magic
The Secret of Success
Self-Healing by Thought Force
The Subconscious and the Superconscious Planes of Mind
Suggestion and Auto-Suggestion
Telepathy: Its Theory, Facts, and Proof
Thought-Culture – Practical Mental Training
Thought-Force in Business and Everyday Life
Thought Vibration or the Law of Attraction in the Thought World
Your Mind and How to Use It
The Hindu-Yogi Science Of Breath
Lessons in Yogi Philosophy and Oriental Occultism
Advanced Course in Yogi Philosophy and Oriental Occultism
Hatha Yoga
The Science of Psychic Healing
Raja Yoga or Mental Development
Gnani Yoga
The Inner Teachings of the Philosophies and Religions of India
Mystic Christianity
The Life Beyond Death
The Practical Water Cure
The Spirit of the Upanishads or the Aphorisms of the Wise
Bhagavad Gita
The Art and Science of Personal Magnetism
Master Mind
Mental Therapeutics
The Power of Concentration
Genuine Mediumship
Clairvoyance and Occult Powers
The Human Aura
The Secret Doctrines of the Rosicrucians
Personal Power
The Arcane Formulas, or Mental Alchemy
Vril, or Vital Magnetism

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In the process of Judgment there is always the necessity of the choice between the Positive and the Negative. When we compare the concepts horse and animal , we must of necessity decide either that the horse is an animal, or else that it is not an animal.

The importance of the process of Judgment is ably stated by Halleck, as follows: "Were isolated concepts possible, they would be of very little use. Isolated facts are of no more service than unspun wool. We might have a concept of a certain class of three-leaved ivy, as we might also of poisons. Unless judgment linked these two concepts and decided that this species of ivy is poisonous, we might take hold of it and be poisoned. We might have a concept of bread and also one of meat, fruit and vegetables. If we also had a concept of food, unrelated to these, we should starve to death, for we should not think of them as foods. A vessel, supposing itself to be far out at sea, signaled another vessel that the crew were dying of thirst. That crew certainly had a concept of drinkable things and also of water. To the surprise of the first, the second vessel signaled back, 'Draw from the sea and drink. You are at the mouth of the Amazon.' The thirsty crew had not joined the concept drinkable to the concept of water over the ship's side. A man having taken an overdose of laudanum, his wife lost much valuable time in sending out for antidotes, because certain of her concepts had not been connected by judgment. She had good concepts of coffee and of mustard; she also knew that an antidote to opium was needed; but she had never linked these concepts and judged that coffee and mustard were antidotes to opium. The moment she formed that judgment she was a wiser woman for her knowledge was related and usable.... Judgment is the power revolutionizing the world. The revolution is slow because nature's forces are so complex, so hard to be reduced to their simplest forms and so disguised and neutralized by the presence of other forces.... Fortunately judgment is ever silently working and comparing things that, to past ages, have seemed dissimilar; and it is continually abstracting and leaving out of the field of view those qualities which have simply served to obscure the point at issue."

Judgment may be both analytic or synthetic in its processes; and it may be neither. When we compare a narrow concept with a broader one, as a part with a whole, the process is synthetic or an act of combination. When we compare a part of a concept with another concept, the process is analytic. When we compare concepts equal in rank or extent, the process is neither synthetic nor analytic. Thus in the statement that: "A horse is an animal," the judgment is synthetic; in the statement that: "some animals are horses," the judgement is analytic; in the statement that: "a man is a rational animal," the judgment is neither analytic nor synthetic.

Brooks says: "In one sense all judgments are synthetic. A judgment consists of the union of two ideas and this uniting is a process of synthesis. This, however, is a superficial view of the process. Such a synthesis is a mere mechanical synthesis; below this is a thought-process which is sometimes analytic, sometimes synthetic and sometimes neither analytic nor synthetic."

The same authority states: "The act of mind described is what is known as logical judgment . Strictly speaking, however, every intelligent act of the mind is accompanied with a judgment . To know is to discriminate and, therefore, to judge. Every sensation or cognition involves a knowledge and so a judgment that it exists. The mind cannot think at all without judging; to think is to judge. Even in forming the notions which judgment compares, the mind judges. Every notion or concept implies a previous act of judgment to form it: in forming a concept, we compare the common attributes before we unite them; and comparison is judgment. It is thus true that 'Every concept is a contracted judgment; every judgment an expanded concept.' This kind of judgment, by which we affirm the existence of states of consciousness, discriminate qualities, distinguish percepts and form concepts, is called primitive or psychological judgment ."

In Logical Judgment there are two aspects; i.e. , Judgment by Extension and Judgment by Intension. When we compare the two concepts horse and animal we find that the concept horse is contained in the concept animal and the judgment that " a horse is an animal " may be considered as a Judgment by Extension. In the same comparison we see that the concept horse contains the quality of animality , and in attributing this quality to the horse , we may also say " the horse is an animal ," which judgment may be considered as a Judgment by Intension. Brooks says: "Both views of Judgment are correct; the mind may reach its judgment either by extension or by intension. The method by extension is usually the more natural."

When a Judgment is expressed in words it is called a Proposition. There is some confusion regarding the two terms, some holding that a Judgment and a proposition are identical, and that the term "proposition" may be properly used to indicate the judgment itself. But the authorities who seek for clearness of expression and thought now generally hold that: " A Proposition is a Judgment expressed in words. " In the next chapter, in which we consider Propositions, we shall enter into a more extended consideration of the subject of Judgments as expressed in Propositions, which consideration we omit at this point in order to avoid repetition. Just as the respective subjects of Concepts and Terms necessarily blend into each other, so do the respective subjects of Judgments and Propositions. In each case, too, there is the element of the mental process on the one hand and the verbal expression of it on the other hand. It will be well to keep this fact in mind.

CHAPTER IX.

PROPOSITIONS

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We have seen that the first step of Deductive Reasoning is that which we call Concepts. The second step is that which we call Propositions.

In Logic, a Proposition is: "A sentence, or part of a sentence, affirming or denying a connection between the terms; limited to express assertions rather than extended to questions and commands." Hyslop defines a Proposition as: "any affirmation or denial of an agreement between two conceptions."

Examples of Propositions are found in the following sentences: "The rose is a flower;" "a horse is an animal;" "Chicago is a city;" all of which are affirmations of agreement between the two terms involved; also in: "A horse is not a zebra;" "pinks are not roses;" "the whale is not a fish;" etc., which are denials of agreement between the terms.

The Parts of a Proposition are: (1) the Subject , or that of which something is affirmed or denied; (2) the Predicate , or the something which is affirmed or denied regarding the Subject ; and (3) the Copula , or the verb serving as a link between the Subject and the Predicate.

In the Proposition: "Man is an animal," the term man is the Subject; the term an animal is the Predicate; and the word is , is the Copula. The Copula is always some form of the verb to be , in the present tense indicative, in an affirmative Proposition; and the same with the negative particle affixed, in a negative Proposition. The Copula is not always directly expressed by the word is or is not , etc., but is instead expressed in some phrase which implies them. For instance, we say "he runs," which implies "he is running." In the same way, it may appear at times as if the Predicate was missing, as in: "God is," by which is meant "God is existing." In some cases, the Proposition is inverted, the Predicate appearing first in order, and the Subject last, as in: "Blessed are the peacemakers;" or "Strong is Truth." In such cases judgment must be used in determining the matter, in accordance with the character and meaning of the terms.

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