XXXVII.] RELATION OF MIND TO SPACE AND TIME. 137 



belong, not to consciousness as such, but, as it were acci- 

 dentally, to the human consciousness, as a consequence of 

 the manner in which the human consciousness is de- 

 veloped out of its original germ of sensation. I believe j hcn^yg 

 this can be shown. I think it can be shown how the tliis is not 



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human mind . has been developed under circumstances to all 

 which have caused its relations to space to be unlike its ™"?*^}' ^™\ 



'- aceidental 



relations to time ; and it can be further shown with great to the 

 probability, how a mind might be developed, qu.ite consis- nihili.^ 

 tently with what we know of the laws of mental develop- 

 ment, imder circumstances which should cause its relations 

 to space to be the same as its relations to time; or, in 

 other words, how a mind might be developed which 

 should think, not only in time, but also in space. 



All consciousness is primarily consciousness of differ- 

 ence. This, I believe, is admitted by every one. That is 

 to say, if the mind were to be always feeling the same 

 sensation, it would never be conscious at all ; but con- 

 sciousness is awakened when sensations begin, or cease, or Our con- 

 succeed each other. As a matter of fact, I think it is ^^lousness 



' begins 



certain, and will be disputed by no one, that our con- with the 



T T 1 • i_i • -Dili. 1 succession 



sciousness is developed m this way. Bnt let us see how ^f gensa- 

 much is implied in this. In order to cognise the differ- iions. 

 ence between two sensations succeeding each other in 

 time, it is necessary to remember the first of the two ; 

 that is to say, it is necessary that the consciousness of 

 the first sensation should outlast the sensation itseK.^ 

 Consequently, a rudimentary memory is necessary to the 

 development of consciousness in time. 'Now, I have just 

 admitted that o^ir consciousness is unquestionably deve- 

 loped in time. But is it a necessary consequence of the 

 laws of mind that all consciousness must be developed in 

 time ? I think we may assert with some tolerable degree Possibility 

 of certainty that a mind might be developed, under the sciousness 

 same laws as ours but under other circumstances, from heing de- 

 the thoughts of which space and time should be alike gpa°e y<,"' 

 inseparable, which should think in space as well as in )Y®^^ ^^ 

 time. For, why do wc think in time and not in space ? 



1 See pp. 70, 71. 



