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The PSYCHOLOGIST divides the mind-states into cog- 

 nition, affection and conation ...... 87 



Cognition is the act of the mind whereby it perceives and 

 associates .......... 87 



Affection is the feeling or emotion which links the cognitive 

 function to the 87 



Conation, the creative striving, the action, which results . 87 



The element of freedom in any person resides, of course, 

 in the middle term, the affection. This term unites the 

 other two .......... 89 



The three functions are always present and acting, though 



one may predominate at any moment .... 89 



The freedom and unity of a person depend upon this 

 threefold functioning 90 



The PHILOSOPHER analyses human personality into 

 three constituents, will, intellect and emotion. Wilfrid Rich- 

 mond in his Personality as a Philosophical Principle shows 

 that in every activity of the will, intellect and emotion play 

 their part. Similarly, into every activity of the intellect, 

 will and emotion enter. And in every activity of emotion, 

 will and intellect are found. The three are inseparable parts 

 of one whole. Personality can be denned as the capacity for 

 fellowship 91 



It is clear that conation is the manifestation of will, cog- 

 nition the basis of intellect, while affection emerges as 

 emotion .......... 94 



The THEOLOGIAN conceives God as Father, Son and 

 Spirit. Each Person of the Godhead is not merely a mode 

 or aspect, but has all three essentials of a complete Per- 

 sonality .......... 95 



There is a close connection, which we shall prove to be 

 identity, between conation, will and Fatherhood; . . 96 



also between cognition, intellect and Sonship; ... 96 

 and between affection, emotion and Spirithood ... 97 



Freedom resides in the emotion; the highest emotion, 

 perfect love, is perfect freedom, while the lower the 

 emotion (e.g. fear) the greater the limitation . . 99 



Perfect love is an emotion of transcendence . . . 103 



In the relation of the personality to itself also are found 

 these three aspects 104 



