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the Aistlienic group admits of six subdivisions, five of which 

 represent the mental power derived from the respective organs 

 of sensation and one from knowledge derived from bodily 

 feeling, as 



Eye sensations or Opsaisthenics. 



Ear Ousaisthenics. 



Taste Ghimaisthenics. 



Odour ,, Rhinaisthenics. 



Feeling (bodily) Coenaisthenics. 



Feeling (mental) Somaisthenics. 



Each of these divisions may be again subdivided : thus a man 

 may have a powerful vision for small objects, a great range of 

 adjustment, a power for the appreciation of colours, or a quick- 

 ness in the perception of objects. 



Every other organ of sensation may be likewise subdivided. 



The Syndramic group comprises not only all those qualities 

 of the mind which appertain to the first or Aisthenic group, but 

 also superadds to them the faculty of receiving information from 

 the words and writings of others : and this second quality again 

 presents many varieties, from the classes of knowledge which the 

 mind of any particular man is competent to receive. Again, all 

 the above varieties of mind are also doubled by the consideration 

 that the same impression may variously affect different men : for 

 instance, " the same amount of light, though a delight to one 

 man, is a pain to another." 



"As there may be three qualities in each subdivision of this 

 group, it follows, therefore, that no less than eighteen divisions 

 of this class may be rioted." 



The Noemic group are likewise also governed by all the lower 

 subdivisions, but have also characteristics superadded, so that 

 this group may also be considerably subdivided. We read that, 

 under Noemic reason, "There is a gap in the powers of mind 

 between the human reason and the reason of brutes. The mind 

 deals with its various ideas, and forms abstract conceptions. It 

 forms the notion of mankind apart from any particular man : 

 the notion of heat apart from hot things ; of light apart from 

 illuminated bodies. The capability, of using these higher abstrac- 

 tions confers upon all men powers not possessed by the lower 

 animals. Mankind alone of all the animal creation uses words 

 and language for the communication of ideas; employs fire to 

 cook food ; lamps to illuminate rooms ; electricity to convey intel- 



